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Budi

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2. I've read a variety of reasons, & sadly yes, the religious one is mentioned too.

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Reply #1)

Thu Mar 10, 2022, 06:11 PM

Mar 2022

Imagine if there had never been a Hitler or Stalin or Putin.

Just reading the intro to this story, I can imagine the happy people. Their music, food, respect, reverence & their collective Love.

This is the area my father's family originated. There is little known where they were scattered until they moved to the US, via Canada, pre WW2. Some later returned to fight Hitler.
The stories are scant & patched together, so reading this piece in the Atlantic is quite a treasure.

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So is this at least in part a religious war? bucolic_frolic Mar 2022 #1

I've read a variety of reasons, & sadly yes, the religious one is mentioned too. Budi Mar 2022 #2