From: John Grigg (starman2100@lycos.com)
Date: Mon Apr 15 2002 - 22:35:14 MDT
John Grigg wrote:
> I remember you giving poor Olaf Henny a very hard time
> for having been "taken in" by Nazism as a very young
> child(along with his family).
Dwayne wrote:
>Well, ot so much taken in as sticking to it, as I >recall.
> To me Olaf was heroic for later on as a teenage boy standing
> up to Communist party officials who wanted him to knuckle
> under and be a good youth party member! His post which
> shared these rememberances really impressed me.
Dwayne wrote:
Well, as I recall, you *could* look at it from that perspective.
Or, you could see him as an unreconstructed nazi, which I think is what I
called him.
(end)
Sorry about taking so long to get back to you. In private correspondance Olaf Henny told me he was definitely NOT a Nazi sympathizer. So please don't jump to conclusions about the man. He is to be respected for standing up against tyranny.
Not all Germans are evil!! : )
best wishes,
John
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