Re: [Cz-L] Resilience

These are lovely, warm thoughts, Christian.
I feel blessed to have you and Jerome as friends.

Merle
XXX

----- Original Message -----
From: "Christian Herrmann" <cyberorange_at_gmx.de>
To: "jerome schatten" <romers_at_shaw.ca>; <merlek_at_videotron.ca>
Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2013 5:59 PM
Subject: Re: [Cz-L] Resilience

> Dear Merle, dear Jerome,
>
> yes, you are right, I'm a very special person. But you, Merle, are a very
> special person as well; and you, Jerome, too. Like everybody else, all of
> us are unique and special. This is why all of us should take care of each
> other.
>
> This is nothing I discovered, this thought is not even new. It is two and
> a half thousand years old. The ancient Greeks discovered the individual
> and logic and this dicovery was enriched by Jewish values. This is the
> base of the civilization we share; our brains are Greek and our hearts are
> Jewish. If we loose one of this roots we are lost. A lesson from history.
>
> There is something I would like to add: I love your company. The
> Czernowitzers as a community and every individual enriched my life. I feel
> very comfortable with you.
>
> Hugs
> Christian
>
>
>
>
> -------- Original-Nachricht --------
>> Datum: Tue, 5 Feb 2013 10:35:02 -0800
>> Von: jerome schatten <romers_at_shaw.ca>
>> An: Merle Kastner <merlek_at_videotron.ca>
>> CC: Christian Herrmann <cyberorange_at_gmx.de>, czernowitz-l_at_cornell.edu
>> Betreff: Re: [Cz-L] Resilience
>
>> Christian...
>>
>> I can only echo Merle's comments -- she said it better than I ever
>> could. Your contributions and observations are very highly valued, a
>> real 'mench'. Thanks for hanging in there with us!
>> jerome
>>
>>
>> On Tue, 2013-02-05 at 08:44 -0500, Merle Kastner wrote:
>> > Dear Christian,
>> >
>> > You a very special person.
>> > And your contributions to this list and all that it stands for,
>> > what we are all trying to accomplish, to share and to learn, are so
>> > highly appreciated.
>> >
>> > Merle
>> >
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "Christian Herrmann" <cyberorange_at_gmx.de>
>> > To: <mirtaylo_at_indiana.edu>; <hardy3_at_bezeqint.net>
>> > Cc: <czernowitz-l_at_cornell.edu>
>> > Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2013 2:03 AM
>> > Subject: Re: [Cz-L] Resilience
>> >
>> >
>> > > Good morning Mimi, Hardy and everybody else,
>> > >
>> > > yes, Hardy is right, about 50 percent of the German Jews survived
>> because
>> > > they left Germany early enough. From those who stayed only very few
>> > > survived, either because they managed to stay alive in the camps or
>> were
>> > > hidden.
>> > >
>> > > Historians like Raul Hilberg doubt that there was a German plan from
>> the
>> > > very begining on. In his work "The Extermination of European Jews" he
>> > > describes the dangerous dynamics and escalations within the huge
>> number of
>> > > people involved in persecution and the bureaucratic decisions to be
>> made
>> > > by them day by day. What started with rethorics ended with the
>> > > assasination of millions. Hilberg identifies the knowledge that the
>> > > "Jewish question" was of top priority for Hitler as the driving force
>> > > behind those people's motivation. Every step of radicalization
>> improved
>> > > the chance to build a career under the conditions of dictatorship and
>> war.
>> > > Hilberg's work belonges to the very few books that helped me to
>> understand
>> > > why the holocaust happend and not only how.
>> > >
>> > > Those who don't like to read a comprehensive work in three volumes
>> > > can
>> > > listen to Raul Hilberg in Claude Lanzman's documentary Shoah.
>> > >
>> > > Christian
>> >
>>
>>
>>
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