Re: Auto Union and the nazis, RE: Monterey on Speedvisiony

[c a l i b a n <caliban@sharon.net>]

	thanks for the reply!  i really don't want to dredge up 
	a recurring flame war, so i will leave it at that.  it
	was a weekend to remember, sort of a pinnacle for us 
	enthusiasts that could make it, and i don't want to 
	spoil that.  actually, it was *very* much like a weekend
	scooter rally... :)

On Mon, 30 Aug 1999, Avi Meron wrote:

]Rocky,
]You are mentioning a very "sore" spot in Audi, Auto Union past, most Germans
]and most list members don't consider this "gem" a part of history (I guess
]if you will ignore it, may be it will go away!), we (on the list) had had
]countless "very heated" discussions on the subject..........
]Audi and every other German industry participated in Hitler's party, the
]majority very willingly........how would you like to have slave labor verses
]union workers? Every German from Spear on to Dr. Porsche was involved in the
]nazi regime despite attempts to cover it up.
]Note, European car recent spread about Audi, pages and pages of the 'glory"
]stories, 4 paragraphs about the German madness with Hitler.
]I hear that the German industry is now negotiating compensation for all
]their nazi "shenanigans" let's hope they pay dearly!
]Avi
]
]-----Original Message-----
]From: owner-quattro@audifans.com [mailto:owner-quattro@audifans.com]On
]Behalf Of c a l i b a n
]Sent: Sunday, August 29, 1999 9:39 PM
]To: quattro
]Subject: re: Monterey on Speedvision
]
]
]        actually, having attended monterey, and having a great
]        time by the way, i was left with one question.  not
]        just the sentiment of what did audi do after ww2,
]        but what did they do *during* ww2?  what was auto
]        union's role in it all?  it was weird to see the
]        glorious 1937 footage, knowing (with th ebenefit of
]        hindsight) what else was going on...
]
]        that question i thought of a few times this weekend.
]        theother thing... where the FUCK was michelle,
]        at least a mention of her car and their early 80's
]        rally triumph.  they brought every *other* car,
]        the timelines in the displays in their big tent
]        started just after the rally days... well.  it was
]        an annoyance on top of a pretty rad weekend.
]
]        i'm off to burning man now, i'll read through the
]        digests when i get back.
]
]
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] rocky mullin
] http://caliban.sf.ca.us/
] two strokes are faster than four!
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] '83 ur-q - yamaha rz350 - suzuki ts250 -  chaotic good
]


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 rocky mullin
 http://caliban.sf.ca.us/
 two strokes are faster than four!
 this message was composed using the vi editor.
 '83 ur-q - yamaha rz350 - suzuki ts250 -  chaotic good