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wartimeheroine

Der schwer gefaßte Entschuluß

May 05, 2005 18:43

thursday. 5 may, 1945. sixty years ago on this very day, as the second world war was dwindling to a close, the german army stormed through the streets of prague and occupied the city. the radio station was in the midst of the violence and the angry fire of bullets could be heard in the background of the programme. "prague is in great danger. the ( Read more... )

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lime_love May 6 2005, 16:21:18 UTC

prague uprising! how wonderful, i like what you've written about it.

apathy, yes, is lethal.
as someone once said, "i'd rather feel pain than nothing at all."

aerodrome1 May 6 2005, 17:34:49 UTC

I did my grad work in Central & Eastern Europe; I wrote my thesis on topics within the old Habsburg Monarchy. If you need book recommendations, just ask.

wartimeheroine May 6 2005, 23:17:38 UTC

yes, yes please! currently i'm reading kosovo: war & revenge by tim judah, but i'm open to anything regarding the region; hungary, the former yugoslavia, the czech republic... anything would be great.

aerodrome1 May 7 2005, 00:25:09 UTC

I'll get you off an e-mail ("Emil") tonight...

The Tim Judah book is excellent, by the way.

_skyline May 7 2005, 03:47:51 UTC

What a strikingly true statement.

wartimeheroine May 7 2005, 06:38:34 UTC

originally i had written an entire entry devoted to the denouncement of the apathy that plagues american youth
but decided to let that one sentence in bold speak for itself.

outskirts May 7 2005, 16:58:36 UTC

the picture in your user info is lovely. did you take it?

wartimeheroine May 7 2005, 17:04:57 UTC

oh no, not me :) but one day i'll go to that very bridge and try to experience for myself what that picture conveys.

outskirts May 7 2005, 17:11:52 UTC

where is it from? i hope you'll be able to go there one day. ♥

wartimeheroine May 7 2005, 17:44:29 UTC

i made an account at corbis so that i could remove the watermark from the photography
they have some of the best images...

aerodrome1 May 8 2005, 04:26:01 UTC

Catriona. Perhaps I will call you Catriona.

wartimeheroine May 8 2005, 04:35:26 UTC

(pure?)
& why is that?

this conversation of ours has sparked some inspiration within me
i was planning on writing about this sometime later, perhaps next month even... but perhaps this weekend would be a good time to let this "identity" issue out on paper.

aerodrome1 May 8 2005, 06:02:17 UTC

Not for the etymology. Just for the sound of it. It has a lovely sound on the tongue, leggy one.