tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2956830097495837473.post8767055994331170672..comments2023-10-14T13:18:37.330+01:00Comments on angels in marble: A German Manifestohatfield girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12673905475452420002noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2956830097495837473.post-841535747500413302009-11-04T17:22:32.822+00:002009-11-04T17:22:32.822+00:00I did not mean to be nosy about your situation, S,...I did not mean to be nosy about your situation, S, and hope I have not been; but you have first hand experience of the injustice of post War II settlements and it is of the greatest interest on the future of the EU under its new dispensation. Much more interesting than who will be President of the Council of Ministers.<br /><br />Germany has turned our attention elsewhere, as it has done often in the years since 1945 (that does not mean I disapprove, I regret bitterly the middle of the last century), but it is noteworthy.hatfield girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12673905475452420002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2956830097495837473.post-84932398954811664472009-11-04T14:45:48.705+00:002009-11-04T14:45:48.705+00:00My late grandparents got "compensation" ...My late grandparents got "compensation" from West Germany - but a flat in Wiesbaden isn't the same as a square mile of fertile ground and 60 employees in East Prussia. Doubtless the compo already received would muddy the waters completely. Sometimes you recover more from a situation by turning your back on it and using the time and energy in alternative new projects.Sackersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09410040031410954403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2956830097495837473.post-30118770763946867322009-11-04T14:16:42.816+00:002009-11-04T14:16:42.816+00:00It is a can of worms isn't it. Looking at the...It is a can of worms isn't it. Looking at the privatisation and restitution of state held enterprises, and land in Germany makes the head spin. The added complication of altered frontiers and differing regimes, not to mention the consolidation of landholdings into gigantic state farms in the former Soviet Union...<br /><br />But still there persists the idea that for Europe the second War settlement is arbitrary, unjust and not a little shameful. Trying to bury it all under Lisbon, the latest move on nothing to see here manoevre, is not going to work. President Klaus is right to fear the mills of God that will be set moving by legal powers conferred on individuals against states under this treaty.<br /><br />Your family might reasonably claim against the German government for loss of property and if the original land and houses cannot be returned as being in another state lost by act of war, that compensation could be given either in land - there is enough of it being administered by the German state in eastern Germany - or cash.hatfield girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12673905475452420002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2956830097495837473.post-31951750873034863142009-11-04T06:33:47.144+00:002009-11-04T06:33:47.144+00:00600 acres of once beautifully-farmed land. We'...600 acres of once beautifully-farmed land. We'd be fighting the Russians. No chance.Sackersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09410040031410954403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2956830097495837473.post-82190477876475753552009-11-03T21:00:24.847+00:002009-11-03T21:00:24.847+00:00Have your family tried to reclaim your property S?...Have your family tried to reclaim your property S? it would be at the very least a just thing to do, and property is being slowly yielded up by states and state entities that usurped it.hatfield girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12673905475452420002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2956830097495837473.post-83710890466415173162009-11-01T14:37:53.253+00:002009-11-01T14:37:53.253+00:00Can of worms. My grandparents' farm was in Eas...Can of worms. My grandparents' farm was in East Prussia, now part of that strange liitle sliver of Russia separated from the main mass (but with a port that is open in winter).Sackersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09410040031410954403noreply@blogger.com