[PRCo] Re: Reminescent of Pittsburgh

[Fred Schneider]

Maybe I added U. S. army.   He said liberated.   He was there because  
the tour he gave was that of a man who knew all the details very  
intimately.

On Jun 3, 2008, at 8:30 PM, John Swindler wrote:

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> Yea, right, Fred.
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> He wasn't a prisoner at Auschwitz if he claims he was liberated by  
> the US Army.  Auschwitz was liberated by the Russian army.
>
> John
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>> From: fwschneider at comcast.net> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Reminescent of  
>> Pittsburgh> Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2008 21:17:26 -0400> To: pittsburgh- 
>> railways at dementia.org> > Thanks, Bill, for posting. I know it  
>> isn't Pittsburgh but then you > know I'm always in favor of  
>> learning something new.> > I wanted to see those Silesian  
>> interurban lines and they were on my > list of things to do but I  
>> only had time for Warsaw, Krakow and > Poznan when I made my only  
>> trip to Poland. Seeing the interurbans > would have required me to  
>> have had to avoided things like the rebuilt > Jewish quarter in  
>> Warsaw and Auschwitz and the beautiful old city of > Krakow from  
>> which the last Pope came. I have to tell you that the > tour of KZ  
>> Auschwitz was the most memorable of all the concentration > camps  
>> I've seen because one of the people on the tour politely told >  
>> the guide she was in beyond her depth. When she asked why he had >  
>> any right to challenge her credentials, his response was, "I was >  
>> imprisoned here. !
>  I am bringing my son back to show him where I lived > until the U.  
> S. troops liberated the camp in 1945." The guide > vanished into  
> the woodwork and this wonderful old man from northern > New Jersey  
> concluded the tour. Had I ridden the interurbans, I > think that  
> man would have still left the stronger impression.> > On Jun 2,  
> 2008, at 5:44 PM, Bill Robb wrote:> > > This is a page I stumbled  
> upon while searching for a defintion of > > interurban. It's a  
> system in Poland near the border with Russia and > > Germany.  
> You'll see red and cream cars, blast furnances, passing > > sidings  
> in streets, private right of way operation and as the page > > says  
> "the chronic lack of funds is visible on every step" Only > >  
> urgent repairs are being made to rolling stock and infrastructure.  
> > > But still there are relatively modern cars on wide headways  
> like > > Pittsburgh. Popular with the railfans too.> > http:// 
> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silesian_Interurbans> > http://www.p.lodz.pl/ 
> I35/persona!
>  l/jw37/urbtr/sl-dabr-inurb.html> > Bill Robb> >> >> >> >
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