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Thread #83475   Message #1537555
Posted By: GUEST,G
08-Aug-05 - 10:07 AM
Thread Name: BS: Hiroshima 60th Anniversary
Subject: RE: BS: Hiroshima 60th Anniversary
Eerie thought, McGrath! I had never given it any consideration but I probably would not be here had not hitler came to power. (small 'h' intentional)
My Great Grandparents migrated to the US (or escaped) from Germany and met up with some fine English folks. Here I am.

Would I have not wanted to be if that would have changed the outcome for 8,000,000+ plus Jewish people. That is a no brainer but also ia a worthless afterthought now.

Radiation? Yes it is bad and was harmeful but we knew so little about its' after effects. Remember the Xray devices in the Childrens shoe departments as late as the mid '60s? Completely unshielded,
no lead protective vests for the child and no lead wall for the operator to duck behind. Many sterilazations came about as a result of that process. Too late to really ascertain how many deaths could be attributed to this, the same as with radiation deaths 60 years ago.