I think that Von Karajan probably had the biggest ego of just about anyone in the 20th century. I wouldn't expect him to have repented. He felt himself incapable of error. Jeffery Smith New Orleans, LA http://www.400tx.com http://400tx.blogspot.com/ -----Original Message----- From: rollei_list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rollei_list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Allen Zak Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 6:47 PM To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [rollei_list] Re: Rollei TLR - The History by Ian Parker On Sep 5, 2006, at 4:39 PM, Jeffery Smith wrote: > Parker's exact wording is "The firm Franke & Heidecke were ardent and > proud > supporters of Hitler's National Socialist Party and I would quickly > hasten > to add that many other German industrialists also supported Hitler, > and with > large sums of money." > > One fellow from the LUG asked me how I could possible listen to music > conducted by Herbert Von Karajan as he was not opposed to Hitler. I > suppose that it is the same reason why I drive Japanese cars. I'm not > buying them > for Japan's sake. I'm buying them for my sake. > > Jeffery Smith > New Orleans, LA > http://www.400tx.com > http://400tx.blogspot.com/ Von Karajan, who joined in 1935, was a member of the Nazi Party. Afterward, he was unrepentant. I never bought any of his recordings because I don't support Nazis, no matter what they are selling. Allen Zak --- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list --- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list