2002
Dear Louis.
A friend gave me your website address.
I am grateful he did. Yours is a wonderful voice in the human miserable
wilderness where a former great nation is committing crimes against
humanity on a scale which boggles the mind.
I am a survivor of the holocaust by saturation bombing of the second
world war and your essay I CRIED TEARS FOR DRESDEN brought back memories [See link for pictures.]
of that time when our days and nights were filled with horror which
battle hardened German soldiers feared more than facing the enemy in
combat.
Where is America now ? A guarantor of peace ? A guarantor of honour.
The spirit of a new proud republic died in the American Civil War. The
evil which subjugated the civilized South grew exponentially and is now
trying to take over the world under the pretense to bring DEMOCRACY.
Give the gullible, malleable masses pulp magazines, action movies, soap
operas, government propaganda disguised as news while they still wave the flag
for America the Free. You see, what happened to your father is happening
all over.
When we, born into a time of a promise, hardened by fire, condemned as the
aggressors in this epic horror for mankind called WWII, vilified ever
since, point to terrors like the destruction not only of Dresden but ALL of the
German cities and the loss of live of so many thousands we are met with
silence.
Not a word of compassion. If it were not for people like you one could
despair for the future. Thank you for your spirit, courage and compassion.
Sincerely,
Helmut