[lbo-talk] Auschwitz/Oswiecim

andie nachgeborenen andie_nachgeborenen at yahoo.com
Thu Mar 3 09:48:49 PST 2005


Some years ago we useds a Polish baby-shitting service on the North Shore of Chicago. One of the sitters, a lovely young woman named Magda, introduced herself, we asked where she was from. Poland, she said. Yes, we asked, but where in Poland. She stammered, blushed, looked away, said, . . . Auschwitz. Oh well, we said, can't help where you are from. She was a wonderful sitter. But she said Auschwitz, not Oswiecim. jks

--- Chris Doss <lookoverhere1 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> --- Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > I was with you up until this point - how could it
> be
> > a good idea to
> > build a disco in Auschwitz station? What else, a
> > honky-tonk at
> > Wounded Knee?
> >
> > Doug
>
> Auschwitz (or rather Oswiecim) is not primarily the
> name of a death camp. It is primarily the name of a
> town, in which 40,000 people live. Here is a map on
> the town's web site, which shows the railway station
> in question:
>
http://www.um.oswiecim.pl/pl/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=64
>
> I don't see how it's suprising that Auschwitzers
> would
> want to build a disco at their one and only train
> station. Which is centrally located. Across from the
> hotel. Where tourists stay. Who may want to go out
> for
> a night on the town and spend money. At, for
> instance,
> the conveniently-located disco.
>
> "There shall be no dancing within the Auschwitz city
> limits! All Auschwitzers must be required to dress
> in
> somber clothes and genuflect toward the death camp
> at
> least twice a day!"
>
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