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February 15, 2008
Keeping the faith
Mrs. Irene Graham of Thorpe Avenue, Boscombe, delighted the audience with her reminiscence of the German prisoner of war who was sent each week to do her garden. He was repatriated at the end of 1945, she recalled. "He'd always seemed a nice friendly chap, but when the crocuses came up in the middle of our lawn in February 1946, they spelt out 'Heil Hitler.' "(Bournemouth Evening Echo)
Posted by Richard Addis at February 15, 2008 06:52 AM
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hitler was evil but more than that he was a patriot.what does that tell us about the value of nationalism?
Posted by: alia at March 8, 2008 08:46 PM