30 May 06
Originally posted by shavixmirThe Afrikaners are still boring people with their horror stories. Actually there are interesting parallels between Israel and SA under the National Party (both established in 1948).
Sort of like the first concentration camps, built by the English to exterminate Africans....who on earth remembers them? That was only 30 years earlier!
30 May 06
Originally posted by Bosse de NageThat's an old portuguese trick. We're not actually born with moustaches, but the father actually cuts a bit from his and glues it on the baby. The moustache then proceeds to create roots, guaranteeing that it will quickly grow to a respectable size.
Were you born with a moustache, like Mr Rodrigues who owns the bakery?
That also explains the moustaches in Portuguese women, since sometimes the father is in such a rush that he glues them before he finds out about the baby's sex (there are no sonographs in barns). This process is irreversible, leaving a faint trace of the moustache even if quickly unglued afterwards.
Say Ola' to Mr. Rodrigues for me. And that Benfica is crap. I'm sure he'll be happy to hear that.
30 May 06
Originally posted by alive 69Just to add a few things from memory, Bolko. I'm not going to bother to look this stuff up but, as I recall, the majority of Germans were never members of the Nazi party. There were Nazis and Nazi sympathizers in almost every country, still are, not just Germany. Even in some countries at war with the Axis there were groups who joined the Axis against the Allies. Certainly a fair number of French joined the Axis. As I recall, there were Finns who joined the Axis to fight against Russa. In India there were Indians who joined the Japanese in hopes of kicking the British out of India. You mentioned your father being called a Nazi in Holland but, again if memory serves me right, there were residents of Holland who voluntarily joined the Axis and placed themselves under German command. It's possible that the ancestors of the men who were calling your father a Nazi were themselves Nazis. It was a very large, complicated war. One more thought: Hitler never made a secret of his philosophy and plans and yet the rest of the world did nothing for years and years. The blame for the horrors of the war never rested entirely upon the shoulders of Hitler, the Nazis, the Japanese, the Axis and the German people.
Hey Guys!
I'm 14 years old and from Germany, but although i'm the generation that hasn't to do anything with it, i'll always get connected with hitler and nazi-stuff!!! I just would like to know why!!! Things happened at that time were horrible but i cannot change it and it's OVER!!!!! If it would change something i apologie standing for every german for t ...[text shortened]... to FORGET some things now!
Have any ideas?
Greetings Bolko alias alive
30 May 06
Yep!!!
Germany get raped by a few nazis - it's not that Germany was completly nazis.....
You know there were many attacks against hitler (for example stauffenberg etc)
At the japenese just got into the war because there was a petrol-thing that already were agreed but americans stoped helding thier word, what got followed by PEARL HABOUR........
I'm glad to see that kind of regard from you delmer.....
Greetings Bolko
30 May 06
Originally posted by alive 69Here is one reference to material about the Dutch. Perhaps you should read it to your father in case he visits Holland again. This is from page 348 of "The Second World War" by Martin Gilbert.
Yep!!!
Germany get raped by a few nazis - it's not that Germany was completly nazis.....
You know there were many attacks against hitler (for example stauffenberg etc)
At the japenese just got into the war because there was a petrol-thing that already were agreed but americans stoped helding thier word, what got followed by PEARL HABOUR........
I'm glad to see that kind of regard from you delmer.....
Greetings Bolko
"Among the troops fighting alongside the Germans on the Eastern Front were volunteer units from France, Belgium and Holland. On August 6th, 1942 the commander of the Dutch unit, General Kraus, wrote to Herman Goering: 'We have thousands of Dutchmen in transport regiments in the East. Last week one such regiment was attacked. The Dutch took more than a thousand prisoners and were awarded twenty-five iron crosses.'"
30 May 06
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Originally posted by DelmerTo add to this, there's a Dutch film coming out this summer (I believe by Dick Maas) about the Dutch resistance during WW2.
Here is one reference to material about the Dutch. Perhaps you should read it to your father in case he visits Holland again. This is from page 348 of "The Second World War" by Martin Gilbert.
"Among the troops fighting alongside the Germans on the Eastern Front were volunteer units from France, Belgium and Holland. On August 6th, 1942 the commander of the The Dutch took more than a thousand prisoners and were awarded twenty-five iron crosses.'"
It's very controversial because it's truthful about the amount of betrayers within the resistance who sold out to the NSB (Dutch Nazi party at the time) and the Germans.
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Edit: It's not by Dick Maas, but by Paul Verhoeven (basic instinct and total recall) and it's called: "Zwartboek" and will be released (probably with subtitles) under the English title of: "Black book".
30 May 06
Originally posted by shavixmirThanks, Shav. I will look for it later in the summer.
To add to this, there's a Dutch film coming out this summer (I believe by Dick Maas) about the Dutch resistance during WW2.
It's very controversial because it's truthful about the amount of betrayers within the resistance who sold out to the NSB (Dutch Nazi party at the time) and the Germans.
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Edit: It's not by Dick Maas, but by Paul Verhoe ...[text shortened]... nd will be released (probably with subtitles) under the English title of: "Black book".