Monatsarchive: Juli 2018

Janowska concentration camp

You can read about Janowska here.

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Mike Pompeo to give Kim Jong-un ‚Rocket Man CD‘ during nuclear talks

Guardian: The CD is not the first bizarre White House offering to Pyongyang. During their summit, the US and North Korean delegations watched a four-minute video, made in the style of a Hollywood trailer, setting out the North’s stark choice: … Weiterlesen

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Monument to the Murdered Lviv Professors

Monument as seen from the street. It’s visible, if you know where to look. So „murdered by the Nazis“ is a phrase easier to write than defend. The professors were murdered by Ukrainians under Nazi direction. Many of the names … Weiterlesen

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New front tires

Bubbled a tire hitting a hole too fast yesterday and couldn’t find anything in Uman‘, but found a shop in Lviv with a huge warehouse of tires. Great price, fast, friendly service.

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Uman‘ Eternal Flame

Eternal flame to honor the Heroes who died defending the Homeland. If you are unable to see an eternal flame burning, that’s because it has gone out. The burner is on the base of the memorial immediately in front of … Weiterlesen

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Bogdanovka Memorial

The memorial appears just as it had on-line from Berlin, and as it looks in the model in Odessa. Here when you read the inscription saying 54,600 people are buried at this location, you are standing on the earth which … Weiterlesen

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Afghanistan memorial, Berezivka

Berezivka is quite a small town. This memorial with its outline of Afghanistan reminds me of the Island of Tears in Minsk. When Brzezinski told Carter „We now have the opportunity of giving to the USSR its Vietnam“ he was saying … Weiterlesen

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Frank talks and tough messages

I found this article in the Guardian too funny all the way through to be able to choose excerpts to quote. Part of me wants to go up to Helsinki and hang out while this is going on, but you … Weiterlesen

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Trump-Putin Summit

I love this photo! Look at Putin’s expression. What can he be thinking?

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The Texan

The Texan is here with his Ukrainian wife and her parents. They have traveled all over Europe: they have been to Italy, they have been to Greece. Oh, I ask, brightly, does he speak any other languages? Well she speaks … Weiterlesen

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Why Ocasio-Cortez’s Platform is So Great

This is the title of an article by David Swanson on CounterPunch today. Really. I kid you not. I read that, and read that again, and thought, by David friggin‘ Swanson. „Is So Great“. I am a long way from … Weiterlesen

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Monument to victims of Chernobyl

I liked the design of this monument, for a Christian populace. You can see the figure is splitting an atom. It’s a little cockeyed because I didn’t want to step off the walk. The grass is really covered with dog … Weiterlesen

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