Re: Answers for Crighton School
Manny Karbelnig (aj667@lafn.org)
Mon, 27 May 1996 10:57:10 -0700
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>Hello - I'm Tom Holloway and I am the LONDON SCHOOLBOY in
>the Memories Project. I have put your questions to Feliks
>Chustecki, the POLISH EXILE, and here are our answers, first
>his (FC) and then mine (TH).
>
>>My name is Gabrielle Merken. I go to Crighton School......
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>>1.If someone said the Holocaust was exaggerated or made up, what
>>would you say?
>
> FC> No - if anything it was more horrific than often
> FC> described.
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> TH> I would refer them to the many documents available.
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>>2.If you could explain your experience in WWII in one word, what
>>would that word be?
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> FC> You've got me there... My experience really is that the
> FC> War dehumanised everyone caught up in it - not just
> FC> those that fought in it, but also civilians. There is
> FC> no word that can say that.
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> TH> No single word can sum up a World War.
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>>Hi. My name is Sean Adams and I go to the Crighton.....
>
>>How do you feel about the recent Neo-Nazi and skinhead movements in
>>the original Nazi countries and even in the US?
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> FC> Those movements are dangerous. What appeared to be a
> FC> reasonably innocent movement in Germany in the 1930s
> FC> (the German Workers Party, usually called the
> FC> 'Brown-shirts') grew to be extremely dangerous.
>
> TH> I would wonder what conditions produced such foolish
> TH> reactions and I would also wonder about the education
> TH> such people had received.
>
>
>>Howdy!!!!!! My name is Randi Goldberg I am 12 years.....
>>I was just wondering- What emotions did you experience at the
>>liberation??
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> FC> Liberation? My experience was a bit different. I was in
> FC> a Russian slave labour camp when the Russians announced
> FC> an amnesty for Polish citizens and told we would be
> FC> allowed to leave. First we were told that we were
> FC> their slaves and our country was destroyed, and suddenly
> FC> we were fighting on the same side. We cried, the young
> FC> and the old, we cried. Suddenly we were human again.
>
> TH> My country was not occupied.
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>>Hi my name is Christopher Sojka. I'm from Crighton.....
>>I would like to know how you remember your
>>experiences from World War 2 ???
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> FC> I can't answer that. We all had different experiences
> FC> at different times.
>
> TH> I'm sorry Christopher, I don't understand your question.
> TH> What is it that you want to know?
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