Being a German I remain silent about most discussions ref. Pound's opinions, but I think
I have to make a correction here:
You seem to have misinterpreted your mother's story, or she did when she was a child.
'Christmas trees' (german: Weihnachtsbaeume) was a popular term among germans in those
years, being a descriptive term for illuminating bombs, let down on parachutes to
enlight the darkened cities for the bombers to come. So in the end these xmas trees
killed people too... But this was 'daily routine' during the air raids and done by all
involved sides, and we did so in England. Not a special perfidy of orosian
semi-humans....
 
'To be men not destroyer...'
 
Martin Knepper
 
 
 
 
 
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The second worldwar came to an end
we forgave the germans and then became friends
though they murdered six millions, in the oven they fried
the germans now too have god on their side
BK schrieb:
 
> Greee-tingz---
>
> pcockram wrote:
>
> [snip]
>
> >  I think it was Mary who once told me that there were all sorts of
> > crazy stories being circulated on both sides, including tales of American planes
> > dropping toys that exploded or contained deadly viruses.
>
> .... bombs WERE dropped, having been disguised in order to kill more civilians.
>
> *****
>
> The following story is true (unless my mother lied to us ! ) :
>
> During the Christmas season late in the war, my mother and friends were playing
> around on the street in front of her house...you can imagine the scene : cold, gray,
> and drab wartime Germany --of course rationing was in effect and life was hardly
> pleasant.
> The air raid sirens began to wail , but the children on the streets didn't move ; the
> sight astonished them : Russian planes were dropping "Christmas trees"--- a beautiful
> sight to any child, but an especially beautiful one to a child in a drab war zone --
> the trees dropped softly, shining brilliantly as the tinsel and brightly colored
> decorations gave off a magical light--- many of my mother's friends stayed out on the
> street to witness this "miracle".....My grandmother, however, dragged my mother and
> aunts/uncles off of the street and into the shelter -- moments later the "trees"
> exploded, killing innocent children....
>
> aah......the "brave" Russian airmen and women  !
>
> So, some stories revealing these atrocities are true--- (shall we discuss Dresden ?)
>
> peace.
>
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