tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3289278000277019122.post8248583410348263678..comments2024-03-27T18:23:34.322+08:00Comments on WEBS OF SIGNIFICANCE: War memorials and Holocaust reminders in GermanyYTSLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09930487923185001591noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3289278000277019122.post-7374707872968999092015-01-25T23:39:08.745+08:002015-01-25T23:39:08.745+08:00Hi Bill --
Thanks for your kind words.
"All...Hi Bill --<br /><br />Thanks for your kind words.<br /><br />"All Quiet on the Western Front" is part of the ongoing Restored Treasures program at the Hong Kong Film Archive. Sadly, I've not been able to make the screenings of it -- but am at least happy to have managed to view "Paths of Glory", which also is part of the program.<br /><br />YTSLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09930487923185001591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3289278000277019122.post-8007289993162362782015-01-25T22:11:05.560+08:002015-01-25T22:11:05.560+08:00Hi YTSL,
A thoughtful, well written photo-essay.....Hi YTSL,<br /><br />A thoughtful, well written photo-essay...The war memorial at Weinheim is a powerful and impressive piece of outdoor sculpture. After looking at these gray soldiers, I thought of Erich Maria Remarque's compassionate WW1 novel, All Quiet on the Western Front...This was also made into a touching Hollywood movie of the same name in 1930...This is a blog that will make one Billnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3289278000277019122.post-74477304356574884482015-01-23T01:26:27.837+08:002015-01-23T01:26:27.837+08:00Hi nulle --
There may not be memorials of the Cul...Hi nulle --<br /><br />There may not be memorials of the Cultural Revolution, the Great Leap Forward and June 4th on the mainland but there's mention of those events in such as the Karl Marx House Museum in Trier, the June 4th Memorial Museum in Hong Kong, etc. And then there's the annual June 4th vigil in Hong Kong -- and long may that observance continue.<br />YTSLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09930487923185001591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3289278000277019122.post-11486339524640062942015-01-22T19:16:30.487+08:002015-01-22T19:16:30.487+08:00Sadly, there will NOT be any statutes or anything ...Sadly, there will NOT be any statutes or anything to remember the (tens of) millions who starved and died during the Cultural Revolution and the Greap Leap Forward...<br /><br />Again, there is so far zero statutes or commeration of what happened in that certain June Day in 1989 where thousands die for speaking their minds...<br /><br />Even more sadly, since history is not learned, it will nullenoreply@blogger.com