Nazis and Boy Scouts

[rwan]

----- Original Message -----
From: Otto Sell <o.sell at telda.net>
To: rwan <r.wank at cable.a2000.nl>; <pynchon-l at waste.org>; s~Z
<keithmar at jetlink.net>
Cc: erica <eve1 at xs4all.nl>
Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2000 9:31 AM
Subject: Re: Nazis and Boy Scouts


> Richard,
> Thanks for the correction on the Hungarian history (dank je voor de
> correctie), but what about the opening sentence of GR for me?
> Otto
>
Just to say that the Szallasi or "arrow-crossers" era at the time during the
actual occupation of Hungary by the Werhmacht etc.has taken a trend that had
been established by a previous regime a "giant step" further: it was and
wasn't the same and in that sense "it had happened before" and yet
was/remained incomparable. And of course it was a scream that not only came
across the sky but has torn it apart. And anyway, I love the power of that
sentence. Mijn verontschuldigingen voor het geval dat je vindt dat ik die
zin te lichtzinnig aanhaalde.

Richard