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| + | Presently TV andnewspapers are full with documentations of WWII and its end, all over thecountry commemoration ceremonies, liberation of this concentration camp andthat and all the horror of it. Yesterday Heidi and I were lucky to attend acommemoration of the special sort. Our local music academy organised a big bandconcert with a lot of historical explanations in between the music, with thetitle “ Von der Marschmusik zum Swing”. It is so symbolic and right on thepoint and so optimistic. Away from military marches and the turn towards theuntil then forbidden Swing and Jazz, away from dictatorship and tyranny turningtowards democracy and freedom, away from Gestapo control and horror and thereorientation towards zest for life. | ||
| + | For men who felt and thoughtlike my father, the end of the war surely was welcome, but for them it wasdifficult to accept to call their total military defeat liberation as we, fromthe next generation, easily can do now. Many Austrians were victims but manyalso were perpetrators. Sometimes it is very hurtful to remember honestly andto learn from the past. | ||
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| + | ==Mrs. und Mr. Barry in Braunau== | ||
15.05.2015. Sympathisch, bescheiden und ausgesprochen herzlich - so präsentieren sich Mrs. Judith und Mr. David Barry bei ihrem Besuch in Braunau. Beiden halten sich auf Einladung des Stadtvereines Braunau vom 13. bis 17. Mai 2015 in Braunau auf. Höhepunkt des Besuches ist sicherlich die Gedenkfeier auf der Innbrücke, wo David von seinem Vater Clifford Barry Abschied nehmen wird, der im Mai 1945 als US-Soldat im Inn ertrank. Mr. Barry ist auch Gast der jährlichen Mahnfeier vor dem Geburtshaus von Adolf Hitler am 15. Mai. | 15.05.2015. Sympathisch, bescheiden und ausgesprochen herzlich - so präsentieren sich Mrs. Judith und Mr. David Barry bei ihrem Besuch in Braunau. Beiden halten sich auf Einladung des Stadtvereines Braunau vom 13. bis 17. Mai 2015 in Braunau auf. Höhepunkt des Besuches ist sicherlich die Gedenkfeier auf der Innbrücke, wo David von seinem Vater Clifford Barry Abschied nehmen wird, der im Mai 1945 als US-Soldat im Inn ertrank. Mr. Barry ist auch Gast der jährlichen Mahnfeier vor dem Geburtshaus von Adolf Hitler am 15. Mai. | ||
Version vom 23. Mai 2015, 10:47 Uhr
Chris Brandner’s diary on the visit of David and Judith Barry
Mag. Ingo Engel (li.) und Christian Brandner (re.) begrüßen Mrs. und Mr. Barry in Braunau
Mrs. und Mr. Barry besuchen Braunau
Mrs. und Mr. Barry besuchen Braunau
Mrs. und Mr. Barry besuchen Braunau
