Re: [Marxism] Valkyri -- and some further-alongr personal reflections

["Lüko Willms" <lueko.willms@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 3 Jan 2009 11:06:15 -0700, Hunter Gray wrote:

> When the film was being made in Germany, some Germans objected to it on 
the grounds that it opens old wounds. 

  I am aware only of protests because of a member of the scientology cult 
playing the role of the bomb assasin von Stauffenberg, and worries that a 
Hollywood production could possibly not present the events in a "proper" 
way. 

  While in the 1950ies the conspirators of the assasination attempt of July 
20, 1944, have been regarded as bing guilty of high treason, nowadays they 
are extolled as the good spirit of the German military and are celebrated 
every year on July 20. Strange to hear that the celebrations of a bombing 
killing attempt when the next day the same people preach that violence can 
never be a means to achieve political goals and that terrorism is the worst 
danger to democracy, even of humanity as such. 


Comradely yours, 
Lüko Willms
Frankfurt, Germany
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