8th May 1945 - 2005

What am I supposed to write about this historic date? Am I supposed to comment on it? Maybe. Personally, I am glad that the cruel Nazi regime was finally stopped 60 years ago. What did I do yesterday? I attended a public show of "Der Untergang"- a German movie (with English subtitle), which describes the last days of the Nazi regime in the bunker in Berlin.

I am not sure whether it was appropriate - Germans seem always to worry about, whether their behaviour is appropriate against the historic background and I am no exemption[1] - however, I was deeply moved about the cruelty of the Nazis and shocked about the cruelty of wars in general and that on in particular. It has definitely re-enforced my disgust of all kinds of extremism and fundamentalism.


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[1] Next Friday, "Hotel Ruanda" will be shown during a fundraising dinner ball with some of the actors in Munyonyo (ticket: 150,000 UGX). I will not attend this function and I do not know why, but I find that inappropriate.