tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post1271661659450259260..comments2024-03-28T08:30:57.453-04:00Comments on Murder is Everywhere: History on Trial: Heinz RichterOvidia Yuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749549092493567689noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-29493656514503252722017-03-15T09:57:08.284-04:002017-03-15T09:57:08.284-04:00How can I give credit to his work as an historian ...How can I give credit to his work as an historian and trust him as an expert when he is totally unaware of the Nazi atrocities in Crete, and in Greece... ? He has a point though about the myths that people are likely to believe, but he is also trying to create myths... All in all, he is not a credible historian, he has not looked either at the archives in New Zeland and in Australia ... see https://ojs.victoria.ac.nz/jnzs/article/viewFile/2032/1897Stamatis Amarianakisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-71544874539366258552016-05-19T21:23:20.724-04:002016-05-19T21:23:20.724-04:00Why can't Richter admit that he's a suprem...Why can't Richter admit that he's a supremacist and a bigot? Why not take responsibility for his views? Is he a coward?petros diverishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17604621104650539043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-58295082024065169692016-02-22T11:12:42.497-05:002016-02-22T11:12:42.497-05:00The German Daesh of that day used the same terms -...The German Daesh of that day used the same terms - dirty...uncivilized etc - when they rounded up villagers in Belorusia and Russia and everywhere they infested...and burned them alive. Eleni Phufas-Jousmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05892097421893621417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-55589852130583753002016-01-05T22:26:26.236-05:002016-01-05T22:26:26.236-05:00Dear "Without Name" -- though you should...Dear "Without Name" -- though you should acquire one because you have a lot of interesting things to say:)--you and I do not disagree. What stuck me about the story, and let me to highlight it, was that it was written by a Greek and published as an Editors Pick in Athens' Kathimerini. That, surprised me.<br /><br />Jeffrey Sigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00718317707555064653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-21358179275275669102016-01-05T19:50:33.275-05:002016-01-05T19:50:33.275-05:00The moral of this story is what Richter says: &quo...The moral of this story is what Richter says: " ...The historical truth is not a subject of the judicial system. If courts decided what the historical truth was that would be the end of scientific historiography.” I agree 100 with that.<br /><br />However, I am also 100% against what Richter says about the "dirty" and "uncivilized" way the "non-combatant" people in Crete fought the german paratroopers. Actually, it is rather silly for a scholar of this caliber, to the point of being ridiculously absurd (yes I exaggerate on purpose) to claim that the locals should have basically stayed home accepting their fate (i.e. their homeland being invaded by a foreign army). This by itself reveals Richter's very poor understanding of the Cretan (and Greek in general) peoples mentality. <br /><br />I am not from Crete, but had I lived back then, I would have done EXACTLY the same, combatant or not. If you come into my house holding a gun and put my family's lives in danger, I would have resisted ferociously and given the opportunity with hesitating in the most brutal way possible and that includes the wounded as well.<br /><br />Richter may be an esteemed scholar but trying to equate the nazi invaders with "noble knights" and the locals defending their ancestral lands as "medieval savages", I'm sorry but that makes him an idiot. And the word "idiot" as you should probably know is a Greek word and in MY language is not used as a pejorative.<br /><br />Still, the Greek "democracy" and judicial system prove one more time how ineffective they are, nobody should have to stand trial because of their personal beliefs no matter how unacceptable or ...stupid they are.Χωρίς Όνομαhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06593021183377292935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-83453237830043133832015-12-14T09:48:40.861-05:002015-12-14T09:48:40.861-05:00I'm sorry to hear about this persecution of op...I'm sorry to hear about this persecution of opinion. throughout Europe, a lot of people in German occupied countries and Germany have inaccurately claimed to have resistance members among elder relatives. The past is so painful, but the truth must out. Sujata in Baltimore, MDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17958776635749620496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-29875483894614775582015-12-12T15:00:12.927-05:002015-12-12T15:00:12.927-05:00Read a little despair here.If this happens in the&...Read a little despair here.If this happens in the"sat of democracy<" what have we got in the U.S.? Life is strange these days.lil Glucksternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09288522126331817172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-8914837226335558452015-12-12T13:40:13.074-05:002015-12-12T13:40:13.074-05:00Excuse me for not responding sooner, EvKa, but upo...Excuse me for not responding sooner, EvKa, but upon reading your comment I kept waiting to wake up from what I thought must be a dream. Thank you.Jeffrey Sigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00718317707555064653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-26438111700222170762015-12-12T10:46:37.525-05:002015-12-12T10:46:37.525-05:00Very nice column, Jeff. [Yes, it truly IS me... s...Very nice column, Jeff. [Yes, it truly IS me... see, I can be nice to you once in a blue moon.] Unfortunately, the world seems to be deep in that part of the cycle where hatred and anger are operating at full-throttle, and tolerance, free speech, and reason are being throttled.Everett Kaserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12371555243187874414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-73452187120944110302015-12-12T10:10:14.911-05:002015-12-12T10:10:14.911-05:00I had the identical reaction to that line. Then I ...I had the identical reaction to that line. Then I thought, here's a 75-year-old on trial for racism by the country to which he's dedicated much of his adult scholarly life. Maybe he's entitled to a bit of hyperbole. Besides, who knows, assuming the quote is accurately reported he might have lifted it from the words of the President of Greece in awarding him that medal. After all, who better to fling such wild praise than politicians at award ceremonies.<br /><br />At least he had the good sense not to include the US in his parameters. :)Jeffrey Sigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00718317707555064653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-8110001387311865712015-12-12T10:00:32.688-05:002015-12-12T10:00:32.688-05:00Thank God American history is unbiased. :)
Thank God American history is unbiased. :)<br />Jeffrey Sigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00718317707555064653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-84774355627359421052015-12-12T09:59:45.493-05:002015-12-12T09:59:45.493-05:00Why thank you, kind sir. Now if only I'd inten...Why thank you, kind sir. Now if only I'd intended that. :)<br />Jeffrey Sigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00718317707555064653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-70624579405774435012015-12-12T09:59:19.658-05:002015-12-12T09:59:19.658-05:00The Republicans here seem poised to do a similar ...The Republicans here seem poised to do a similar thing. Who knows where the general electorate will take us.<br />Jeffrey Sigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00718317707555064653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-56509416876469811692015-12-12T07:15:44.959-05:002015-12-12T07:15:44.959-05:00“....There is no one in Western Europe who has don...“....There is no one in Western Europe who has done more for Greece than me...." Oh, Heinz! You may be right about history not being a judicial game. But it is not a scientific one either. It's about opinions. And yours of yourself seems to me to show you might have a tendency to overstatement. I do hope you don't go to jail. I don't think you should be tried ex post facto for your opinions on the invasion of Crete. But I do wonder if you might be a bit too filled up with yourself. Annamaria Alfierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311596277267789834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-37965024025343355142015-12-12T05:28:00.008-05:002015-12-12T05:28:00.008-05:00Great piece, Jeff. History is usually written by t...Great piece, Jeff. History is usually written by the winning side. Interesting that nobody likes to hear the 'other' story ...Zoë Sharphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14065427744062846167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-48493627783133777482015-12-12T03:32:10.916-05:002015-12-12T03:32:10.916-05:00PS. I LOVE your first paragraph. Brilliantly sums ...PS. I LOVE your first paragraph. Brilliantly sums it all up.Michael Sears (of Michael Stanley)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09886295534214542834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-475311327019882642015-12-12T03:30:46.037-05:002015-12-12T03:30:46.037-05:00In the same context, President Zuma just fired the...In the same context, President Zuma just fired the careful and respected finance minister here and replaced him by a party hack with no experience beyond mayor of a town (not a big a deal here).<br />Markets plunged, the Rand collapsed 10%.<br />A friend said we have joined "the banana republics". I responded that actually we have joined Greece...Michael Sears (of Michael Stanley)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09886295534214542834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-78463767373014012142015-12-12T02:04:00.023-05:002015-12-12T02:04:00.023-05:00As I've said before J&J, the stories in th...As I've said before J&J, the stories in the Greek press and the US press seem far too often interchangeable when it comes to the behavior of their officials.Jeffrey Sigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00718317707555064653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-4349873132582619362015-12-12T00:07:43.341-05:002015-12-12T00:07:43.341-05:00Somehow these days I feel like I am living in 1984...Somehow these days I feel like I am living in 1984 (Orwell's version of it) no matter what country I might be in.Jackie and Joel Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14074129927177165084noreply@blogger.com