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= "of evil omen"! - You deleted that adjective in connection with Karl Renner's use of "Anschluss" as POV. Why? The fact that he used that ominous word "anschluss" is often used by innocent weisenheimers as "evidence" that Renner was a sort of secret Nazi, which is, of course, thorough nonsense and light years from his actual motives. In retrospection "Anschluss" was, however, unfortunate indeed, and I bet he wouldn't have used the word had he foreseen what was to come from it - or what this term has come to mean internationally. Who of his critics is aware that the idea behind German-Austria's Provisional Constitution was rather a "Zusammenschluss", a federation of equal partners (even with some hope for "All Germany"'s future capital alternating between Berlin and Vienna)? Of course, Renner said, "Our German nation...We are o n e tribe and o n e community of fate (Schicksalsgemeinschaft)", but he also said, "We would like best the international community of the united democracies of Europe"! Remember: in German "Anschluss" may still be used for water, gas, electricity, telephone or train connections, or making friends, but English "anschluss" most certainly doesn't refer to any of these. -- Marschner ( talk) 10:28, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
Welcome on my discussion page! |
= "of evil omen"! - You deleted that adjective in connection with Karl Renner's use of "Anschluss" as POV. Why? The fact that he used that ominous word "anschluss" is often used by innocent weisenheimers as "evidence" that Renner was a sort of secret Nazi, which is, of course, thorough nonsense and light years from his actual motives. In retrospection "Anschluss" was, however, unfortunate indeed, and I bet he wouldn't have used the word had he foreseen what was to come from it - or what this term has come to mean internationally. Who of his critics is aware that the idea behind German-Austria's Provisional Constitution was rather a "Zusammenschluss", a federation of equal partners (even with some hope for "All Germany"'s future capital alternating between Berlin and Vienna)? Of course, Renner said, "Our German nation...We are o n e tribe and o n e community of fate (Schicksalsgemeinschaft)", but he also said, "We would like best the international community of the united democracies of Europe"! Remember: in German "Anschluss" may still be used for water, gas, electricity, telephone or train connections, or making friends, but English "anschluss" most certainly doesn't refer to any of these. -- Marschner ( talk) 10:28, 29 June 2009 (UTC)