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The Far Right Victorious in Austria
The National Election in Austria yesterday brought victory for the two far right parties in Austria. The FPÖ and the BZÖ together received one third of the vote. Here are quotes by Heinz-Christian Strache and Jörg Haider, their respective leaders, in German in English translation.
The Viennese “Korporationsring” Fraternity Pays Honor to the Dead Heroes
Vienna, […]
Posted: September 29th, 2008 under Text, Aktuell, Political.
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A Short Life
Herbert Kuhner
The life of a handsome little boy was snuffed out. He left this earth at the age of 17 months before Christmas of 2007.
His mother’s boyfriend had severely beaten him and sexually abused him.
The mother brought the injured boy to a hospital, where his physical injuries were cared for. Then the authorities returned him […]
Posted: September 29th, 2008 under Text, Aktuell, Stories.
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The Fate of a Writer and Translator
Herbert Kuhner
I hate to complain. How do I write this without complaining? It’s a jeremiad, a hard luck story and there’s no way of changing that. It might be good for a laugh, but as far as I’m concerned the laugh would have to be rather a throaty one.
Here’s how my career started, way back […]
Posted: September 24th, 2008 under Aktuell, Materialien, Stories.
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Neue Kronen-Zeitung
Sept. 12, 2008, page 31
“The Free Word”
Letters to the editor
Mystery 9/11
You can say what you want, but seven years after the devastating attack on the Twin Towers
in New York shift, there are many inconsistencies. How did Mossad, the Israeli secret service, know in advance? And how is it that Jewish citizens in the USA warned […]
Posted: September 19th, 2008 under Aktuell, Political, Hypocrisy.
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Henry V and The Westerner
Herbert Kuhner
The two love scenes in films that are indelible to me are between Laurence Olivier and Renée Asherson in Henry V and Gary Cooper and Doris Davenport in The Westerner. In Henry, Larry playing Harry proposes to Princess Kate after subjugating her country. He tells her that he is a man of action, not […]
Posted: September 18th, 2008 under Materialien, Stories, Film.
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Julius Streicher: A Volunteer
Herbert Kuhner
“For those who can fight, and resist, and stick together, and stick to their guns, I have the greatest respect! Yes, even if Hitler were living now, he would also admit that the Jews are a spunky race. - I would be ready to join them now and help them in their fight! - […]
Posted: September 11th, 2008 under Polemics, Dossier, Political.
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Doomed to Failure
Herbert Kuhner
I wasn’t so hot about the popular music of days gone by, but at least the volume was within bounds. And even when I hear the music I wanted to hear, I didn’t want to be blasted out of my chair.
Now, music has been catapulted out of the category of music, and you can […]
Posted: September 9th, 2008 under Polemics, Aktuell.
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