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26. Just little episodes snatched from the past

Mon Sep 18, 2017, 12:35 AM

Sep 2017

Brought back from distant memory by a relevant theme. I'm sure we all have them from time to time.

For that matter, I'm writing this from my room in a hotel in Vienna that used to be the Imperial Riding School. The rooms are nothing to write home about, but the lobby is straight out of the heyday of the Hapsburg Empire, and the Russian Orthodox Church across the street is probably better maintained than most of the ones in Russia--looks like a scene straight out of Dr. Zhivago. Well-timed thread!

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An-tee-fa? MY Dad in 1945: [View all] Dennis Donovan Sep 2017 OP

This is a nation, and government, with a history of convicting people of "premature antifascism"... Journeyman Sep 2017 #1

I think "premature antifascist" references the period between mid-1939 and mid-1941, struggle4progress Sep 2017 #10

"Mow a Nazi is a hotsie totsie" could describe the Trump White House. grantcart Sep 2017 #14

Dalton Trumbo related an interesting brush with being labelled 'prematurely antifascist' Mc Mike Sep 2017 #20

The term seems to have a persistent connection to the Spanish civil war volunteers: struggle4progress Sep 2017 #21

This stuff is very interesting, considering the current Von Ribbentrop Molotov pact we have Mc Mike Sep 2017 #44

I just re-read his 1959 and 1979 introductions: the FBI story is not in the 1970 introduction but struggle4progress Sep 2017 #41

I am sorry to not have the edition I referenced, anymore. Gave it to a young relative years ago. Mc Mike Sep 2017 #43

... shenmue Sep 2017 #2

My dad was at the other end of Germany DFW Sep 2017 #3

Fabulous story wryter2000 Sep 2017 #4

Great story! mountain grammy Sep 2017 #5

Wonderful story ProudLib72 Sep 2017 #7

Before I went there myself, they were just names on Christmas cards we got ever year DFW Sep 2017 #24

Awesome story! think4yourself Sep 2017 #9

He left that impression on a LOT of people DFW Sep 2017 #11

I love the way you take us along on your journeys throughout time and places. NBachers Sep 2017 #13

Just little episodes snatched from the past DFW Sep 2017 #26

This is why I read DU. Ligyron Sep 2017 #23

Hard to imagine these days DFW Sep 2017 #25

THAT is a GREAT story! Dennis Donovan Sep 2017 #29

I'm sure the stories are as varied as they could possibly be. DFW Sep 2017 #35

Thanks for sharing that with us madokie Sep 2017 #37

+100 Impeach Trump Sep 2017 #6

great picture . . .My Father was in the Pacific at Pearl Harbor during WWII - not pro-Fascist either DrDan Sep 2017 #8

I had a friend who was @ PH on 12/7/41. Dennis Donovan Sep 2017 #30

my Father got there sometime after 12/7 - not sure exactly when DrDan Sep 2017 #33

I haven't flown since 1998 Dennis Donovan Sep 2017 #34

that S4 was a great car - I drove a '77 911S for about 15 years - got tired of the high-$ maintenanc DrDan Sep 2017 #36

It was a beast! I took it out on a track before the wreck... Dennis Donovan Sep 2017 #38

yow . . . I had my 911 on Daytona a couple of times - but never that fast DrDan Sep 2017 #39

It was a straightaway Dennis Donovan Sep 2017 #40

A whole generation of antifa. paleotn Sep 2017 #12

This message was self-deleted by its author JohnnyRingo Sep 2017 #15

My Uncle Henry Canfield JohnnyRingo Sep 2017 #16

Awesome CdV!!! Dennis Donovan Sep 2017 #28

My Uncle is currently in France oneshooter Sep 2017 #17

There were many--too many--who made a one way trip that year DFW Sep 2017 #18

Dad missed the landing on D-Day. Dennis Donovan Sep 2017 #27

Uncle Edger was one of 500 killed during the oneshooter Sep 2017 #42

Since anti-fascism is a bad thing. Wait what? DK504 Sep 2017 #19

My anti-fa dad was landing troops in Italy to fight the fascists. Voltaire2 Sep 2017 #22

My Dad was in Regensburg in 1945, too! bdjhawk Sep 2017 #31

What unit was your Dad in? Dennis Donovan Sep 2017 #32