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	Where Is Their Comfort?

debbyski

4-30-2009 8:47 PM

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4-30-2009 9:59 PM

tanyamm

It seems everyone else is getting an apology for wrongs committed in the past. I'd say they definitely deserved an apology too.

5-1-2009 7:36 AM

Packrat61

I bow to their strength and bravery.

5-1-2009 2:19 PM

abailart

I have been reading recently of the "field brothels" that "serviced" German soldiers in WW2. That coincidence of barbarism within the heart of European civilization is pertinent to our reflections of our own day.

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