i was born in 1940 i don’t remember much about the war, i lived on a farm and food was never short. my mother made all her own butter and cheese and we had fresh eggs every day, all good home cooking. we were very lucky. in the winter, the weather was very bad and we even had ice on the inside of the windows. the summers were very hot; we used to play out all day when there was no school.
at christmas time we were lucky to have an orange and apple and a little doll and a few sweets as everything was on ration. we even made our own fun and told stories, as there was no tv. we had a lot of fun and enjoyment out of life.
we used hear my mam and dad talking about the war and the awful things that happened. a few of my family were in the war; we were always waiting for news of them. when they came home they told us about it. they were very brave and we were very proud of them. it is because of them that we are here today,
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bbc led forum on childhood and evacuation. would you believe that such an emotionless attitude would be possible?
wenn sauseschritts mutter vom ende des zweiten weltkriegs spricht, dann sind es erbsen, die in ihren erzählungen immer wieder vorkommen. erbsen, die sie als 12 jährige hatte ausklauben müssen und die von würmern durchsetzt waren. all ihren abscheu legt sie in die schon so oft wiederholte geschichte von der "erbsenklauberei", so als ob nichts wichtigeres von der zeit der bombardements und der befreiung wiens in ihrem gedächtnis geblieben wäre. und dann ist noch die geschichte über das sammeln der heilkräuter für frontsoldaten, die sie in ihrer schulzeit beschäftigt hatte und über das sie sich noch heute lustig macht. "bubi drück mich" heißt der was sich hinter dieser art von "vergessen" in der generation der
the achipiescopal chateau in kromeriz (moravia) accommodated the austrian imperial assembly, which was re-located from the revolution-seized vienna in 1848. although the new fundamentals of the austrian empire were not established here, the hall became a witness to the formulation of the well-known principle: "all the power within the state stems from the people". the sitting order of the deputies is still kept within the walls of the hall in a form of three-dimensional model.
sauseschritt reads on the website of the archipiescopal chateau of kromeriz. some would say that austrian democracy has started in this little town in moravia, but it took almost 70 more years for the monarchy to die ....
ja, auch dieses städtchen lag auf sauseschritts weg durch mähren. und ließ sich mit einigen anderen tschechischen tourist/inn/en durch die das für die österreichische demokratie so wichtige palais der erzbischöfe von olomouc führen. angesichts des unentwegten und so stark ritualisierten festtagsgebrabbels über die zweite republik mag an dieser stelle an den ursprungsort der österreichischen demokratie verwiesen werden: auf das im jänner 1949 hatten die abgeordneten des reichstages ihre im herbst in wien begonnene arbeit an der verfassung
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