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Flowers to be put on the tomb of Warhol

Vakar prie parduotuvės sutiktas pažįstamas benamis, kol jam ieškojau litą, žiūrėdamas į mano pirkinius pareplikavo:

-Tai ką, persimetei ant vaisių?

“A crying Sudeten woman salutes Adolf Hitler as German forces sweep into Czechoslovakia, October 1938. Originally published in the Völkischer Beobachter, it supposedly showed the intense emotions of joy which swept the populace as Hitler drove through the streets of Cheb, 99% of whose inhabitants were ardently pro-Nazi Sudeten Germans at the time. In contrast, when the photo was published in the U.S., it was captioned, “The tragedy of this Sudeten woman, unable to conceal her misery as she dutifully salutes the triumphant Hitler, is the tragedy of the silent millions who have been ‘won over’ to Hitlerism by the ‘everlasting use’ of ruthless force.” It is unknown what the true circumstances surrounding the photo are.”

from wikipedia

“They introduce the murderous Aktions of the German Einsatzgruppen, enthusiastically supported by the Lithuanian police, through the story of a nurse who tended an injured woman shot through the arm. The woman described being marched with many other Jews to a popular picnic spot about eight miles from Vilna. There, the Germans ordered everyone to undress and opened fire on men, women, and children. She survived because the bodies around her, including those of her children, shielded her from a fatal bullet. The nurse, deeply disturbed, told the story to a respected doctor and member of the Judenrat, who immediately responded that she was not in her right mind, as such a thing could not possibly happen.”

http://www.popmatters.com/film/reviews/p/partisans-of-vilna.shtml

THE PARTISANS OF VILNA
Director: Josh Waletzky
(European Classics, 1986)

One more link with many pictures: http://www.vilnaghetto.com

Bandau prisiminti ką vakar kavinėje su Rai kalbėjomės apie Vilnių, tarsi abudu būtume į jį grįžę po ilgo laiko tarpo ir aptarinėjome pakitusias miesto nuotaikas.
-Keisčiausia yra tai, kad šios provincijos gyventojus sukeitus su kitos provincijos, pvz., kokio nors Vokietijos Statenstaten gyventojais, nei vieni, nei kiti nebūtų patenkinti gyvenimo kokybe.
-Tiesa. Bet ir tie, ir tie norėtų leisti laiką muzikos festivaliuose, amžinoje festivalijoje, turėti automobilį ir butą ‘prestižinėje vietoje’.
-Ir draugę, kuri patiktų draugams, bet kuri išvažiuotų savaitgaliams, kad galėtum pabūti vieni su tais draugais, kuriems ji patinka.
-Bet šiuo atveju mums įdomesnis tas iracionalumas, kuris nepatenka į bendrumo kategoriją, ar ne?
-Kaip jį, tą racionalumą, apibūdintum?

Būtent kur pasuko pokalbis toliau - nepamenu.