Wednesday 11 November 2015

Lest "we" forget ...

Today is Remembrance Day
Last week had Volkstrauertag
(France invaded Germany from 1794 to 1814)

And we remember:


And their missing women

("We" Europeans invaded North America in 1492.)

And after living in Germany for nearly 40 years I am sensitive to my cohort of German friends whose parents lived with the Gestapo
- in the name of national security!
And how will our children look back on C-51?
Will they see it as Anti-terrorism Act, 2015?

In Flanders Fields

The following photos are from the battle fields of 1944-1945 in Germany - lest we forget:





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