15 Nov 2017, 9:25 pm
Kraichgauer wrote:
ASS-P wrote:
...Mentioning Finland makes me think of an illustration in a children's history book of Finns ski-ing around in a forest to illustrate Finn partisans fighting back against Nazi Germany, I think it was. That's like this is one of those " What is the first thing you think of when I say ____" threads! 
Actually, the Finns were famous for fighting the Soviets. Because the Finns had viewed the Germans as liberators after the Soviets were pushed out of their country, Finland became the only democracy in the Axis Powers.
Finland is also one of 2 or 3 countries where most of their Jewish population survived the Holocaust.
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15 Nov 2017, 9:44 pm
Tim_Tex wrote:
Kraichgauer wrote:
ASS-P wrote:
...Mentioning Finland makes me think of an illustration in a children's history book of Finns ski-ing around in a forest to illustrate Finn partisans fighting back against Nazi Germany, I think it was. That's like this is one of those " What is the first thing you think of when I say ____" threads!
Actually, the Finns were famous for fighting the Soviets. Because the Finns had viewed the Germans as liberators after the Soviets were pushed out of their country, Finland became the only democracy in the Axis Powers.
Finland is also one of 2 or 3 countries where most of their Jewish population survived the Holocaust.
I would imagine that it was the Finn's status as an Axis Power, and not as an occupied state, that allowed them to shield their Jews from Hitler and Himmler.
16 Nov 2017, 3:51 am
Kraichgauer wrote:
Tim_Tex wrote:
Kraichgauer wrote:
ASS-P wrote:
...Mentioning Finland makes me think of an illustration in a children's history book of Finns ski-ing around in a forest to illustrate Finn partisans fighting back against Nazi Germany, I think it was. That's like this is one of those " What is the first thing you think of when I say ____" threads!
Actually, the Finns were famous for fighting the Soviets. Because the Finns had viewed the Germans as liberators after the Soviets were pushed out of their country, Finland became the only democracy in the Axis Powers.
Finland is also one of 2 or 3 countries where most of their Jewish population survived the Holocaust.
I would imagine that it was the Finn's status as an Axis Power, and not as an occupied state, that allowed them to shield their Jews from Hitler and Himmler.
Okay, that's what it was. It's hard to remember, decades later. I seem to recall that Finland, was, post-WWI but pre-WWII, famous for paying off its war debts. What were the other Euro. countries that saved much of their Jewish population from Shoah?
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16 Nov 2017, 6:16 am
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16 Nov 2017, 7:02 pm
ASS-P wrote:
Kraichgauer wrote:
Tim_Tex wrote:
Kraichgauer wrote:
ASS-P wrote:
...Mentioning Finland makes me think of an illustration in a children's history book of Finns ski-ing around in a forest to illustrate Finn partisans fighting back against Nazi Germany, I think it was. That's like this is one of those " What is the first thing you think of when I say ____" threads!
Actually, the Finns were famous for fighting the Soviets. Because the Finns had viewed the Germans as liberators after the Soviets were pushed out of their country, Finland became the only democracy in the Axis Powers.
Finland is also one of 2 or 3 countries where most of their Jewish population survived the Holocaust.
I would imagine that it was the Finn's status as an Axis Power, and not as an occupied state, that allowed them to shield their Jews from Hitler and Himmler.
Okay, that's what it was. It's hard to remember, decades later. I seem to recall that Finland, was, post-WWI but pre-WWII, famous for paying off its war debts. What were the other Euro. countries that saved much of their Jewish population from Shoah?
Denmark and Norway, though both occupied by the Nazis, had saved much of their Jewish populations, while Sweden, which outwardly practiced neutrality, had also rescued a large number of Jewish refugees.
16 Nov 2017, 8:50 pm
Kraichgauer wrote:
ASS-P wrote:
Kraichgauer wrote:
Tim_Tex wrote:
Kraichgauer wrote:
ASS-P wrote:
...Mentioning Finland makes me think of an illustration in a children's history book of Finns ski-ing around in a forest to illustrate Finn partisans fighting back against Nazi Germany, I think it was. That's like this is one of those " What is the first thing you think of when I say ____" threads!
Actually, the Finns were famous for fighting the Soviets. Because the Finns had viewed the Germans as liberators after the Soviets were pushed out of their country, Finland became the only democracy in the Axis Powers.
Finland is also one of 2 or 3 countries where most of their Jewish population survived the Holocaust.
I would imagine that it was the Finn's status as an Axis Power, and not as an occupied state, that allowed them to shield their Jews from Hitler and Himmler.
Okay, that's what it was. It's hard to remember, decades later. I seem to recall that Finland, was, post-WWI but pre-WWII, famous for paying off its war debts. What were the other Euro. countries that saved much of their Jewish population from Shoah?
Denmark and Norway, though both occupied by the Nazis, had saved much of their Jewish populations, while Sweden, which outwardly practiced neutrality, had also rescued a large number of Jewish refugees.
...Thank you.
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Renal kidney failure, congestive heart failure, COPD. Can't really get up from a floor position unhelped anymore:-(.
One of the walking wounded ~ SMASHED DOWN by life and age, now prevented from even expressing myself! SOB.
" Oh, no! First you have to PROVE you deserve to go away to college! " ~ My mother, 1978 (the heyday of Andy Gibb and Player). I would still like to go.
My life destroyed by Thorazine and Mellaril - and rape - and the Psychiatric/Industrial Complex. SOB:-(! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !!
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16 Nov 2017, 9:55 pm
ASS-P wrote:
Kraichgauer wrote:
ASS-P wrote:
Kraichgauer wrote:
Tim_Tex wrote:
Kraichgauer wrote:
ASS-P wrote:
...Mentioning Finland makes me think of an illustration in a children's history book of Finns ski-ing around in a forest to illustrate Finn partisans fighting back against Nazi Germany, I think it was. That's like this is one of those " What is the first thing you think of when I say ____" threads!
Actually, the Finns were famous for fighting the Soviets. Because the Finns had viewed the Germans as liberators after the Soviets were pushed out of their country, Finland became the only democracy in the Axis Powers.
Finland is also one of 2 or 3 countries where most of their Jewish population survived the Holocaust.
I would imagine that it was the Finn's status as an Axis Power, and not as an occupied state, that allowed them to shield their Jews from Hitler and Himmler.
Okay, that's what it was. It's hard to remember, decades later. I seem to recall that Finland, was, post-WWI but pre-WWII, famous for paying off its war debts. What were the other Euro. countries that saved much of their Jewish population from Shoah?
Denmark and Norway, though both occupied by the Nazis, had saved much of their Jewish populations, while Sweden, which outwardly practiced neutrality, had also rescued a large number of Jewish refugees.
...Thank you.
Any time.
17 Nov 2017, 5:28 am
25 Nov 2017, 6:38 pm
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25 Nov 2017, 10:09 pm
Phrygian wrote:
You can't drink tap water in the us?!
at least in my little area, the tap water tastes mealy, so I must filter it. I made the mistake once of putting a jar of it in the fridge, the next time I looked at it, it developed a layer of translucent slime on it.
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25 Nov 2017, 10:53 pm
auntblabby wrote:
Phrygian wrote:
You can't drink tap water in the us?!
at least in my little area, the tap water tastes mealy, so I must filter it. I made the mistake once of putting a jar of it in the fridge, the next time I looked at it, it developed a layer of translucent slime on it.
sounds right!
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