Date:         Mon, 8 May 1995 22:39:39 -0500
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From:         H-GERMAN EDITOR Dan Rogers <drogers@jaguar1.usouthal.edu>
Subject:      Re: The Dead of Wars

Submitted by:   Fritz G. Cohen <cohenfg@mace.cc.purdue.edu>

Gerald Feldman's posting, with its citation from "Die Zeit" is a real
service to the List. A personal note here. While serving with the 15th
Air Force in Italy, rumors of massacres circulated. They came primarily
from downed airmen, who had bailed out over Yugoslavia (or crash landed
on Vis) and had been rescued and transported to Vis by Serb partisans.
The perpetrators were said to have been "other Yugoslavs" - I suspect
that Croats were the "other Yugoslavs." I regret to say that the entire
matter seemed rather distant to us, and I don't recall much in the way
of reaction. Today, with the advantage of hindsight, this seems
scandalous.    As to whether or not V-E Day was the defeat, liberation
and/or the beginning of a time of suffering, it seems to me that the
question is without merit. Contemplative silence and self-examination
are called for, not a barbecue on the steps of the "Feldherrenhalle."

Fritz G. Cohen
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