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From: Earl.Appleby@hnews.fidonet.org (Earl Appleby)
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Subject: Re: Mental  Health
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Date: 14 Dec 90 04:38:33 GMT
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In a message to Marda Anderson, Catherine Odette wrote ...

 CO> People who survived The Holocaust (in nazi Europe) like both my
 CO> parents, say that although the memories are a permanent curse,
 CO> that living is the best way to ensure that the nazi plan (along
 CO> with other anti-
 CO> semites!) has been a failure.

My grandfather was murdered by the Nazis at Mauthausen just five days
before the camp was liberated!  My grandmother died at 48, her heart
weakened by the Nazi occupation of Luxembourg, an early victim of
American checkbook euthanasia.

 CO> We too, survived a major trauma, and while dealing with it is hell
 CO> finding a life that is good for us, is one way of fighting off the
 CO> results.

Someone once said, "Living is the best revenge."  While I think it is
far more.  I am determined that the Nazis and their philosophical heirs
will win only over my dead body, as my Mom as a girl of 19 once told
an SS pig ... but that's another story!

 CO> I bid you peace for all your days.
 CO>   --catherine

May I have the privilege of wishing the same to you and yours?
--Earl

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