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Come Inside... => The Snug => Topic started by: Barman on February 07, 2008, 07:29:26 AM
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A town in Germany is facing criticism for its decision to name a local school after a pioneer of the V-2 rocket.
Klaus Riedel, who helped develop the World War II missile, lived in Bernstadt auf dem Eigen in the eastern region of Saxony.
Source (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7229029.stm)
rubschin:
What next, the Eva Braun academy of secretarial skills? whistle:
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The Mengele Medical Practice?
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The Mengele Medical Practice?
lol: lol: lol:
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The Himmler Foundation for Race Relations
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The Wenchy Diet Advice Clinic: members only
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Somehow I think you've managed to miss the theme of this thread Nick doh:
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No I haven't. I am now committed to talking rubbish! Do keep up. Or Od peke pu, as we say
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The point is whether Klaus Riedel, or indeed Wernher von Braun and the other rocket specialists can really be considered guilty of causing the 20,000 deaths at the Mittelbau-Dora concentration camps (which supplied slave labour to the V2 factory) Did they know? Did every German know what was being done in thier name? And if they did what could or should thay have done?
Certainly von Braun was snapped up the Americans after the war and if Riedel hadn't died he would have worked for the Americans as well.
Riedel has a crater on the moon named after him for his pre-war rocket research so why not a school?
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It is appropriate he has a crater named after him!!
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It is appropriate he has a crater named after him!!
This one? rubschin:
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