Fishu, Horlund, read carefully.
Hartman, Nowotny, etc.
They were really good pilots who shot down a lot of enemy planes. That might make them heroic in a way; maybe they saved their buddies many times, or maybe they shot down an allied bomber that would have bombed a baby food factory.
But in the context of the original topic, how is Nowotny a
NATIONAL AUSTRIAN HERO?Please read the following points before answering. Now dont be lazy Hortlund, dont let your childish vendetta against me rush you into skipping this post in order to make a vague "MY TURN!" reply, read it all this time!
1.) He fought for the very person who brought devastation to his own country and very probably his own family. He voluntarily provided for the suffering of the Austrian people.
2.) Most of his kills were part of a ruthless and unjust invading force. He was not defending his homeland, he was aiding in the invasion and destruction of other people's homes.
3.) He died defending Germany, not Austria. His feats of valor (a key word here, something he had lots of) were rarely connected to Austria; it was all done for the Fuhrer and for the glory of a Nazi Germany. You might push it by saying he was a hero to Germany, maybe they will take his remains as such? He was only buried in that national hero cementary because Hitler wanted to set an example of the kind of men he wanted on his side: cold blooded, unquestioning killing machines who will shoot defending planes down by the hundreds, as to make his conquests easier.
So why should he be considered an
Austrian National Hero?
*WHAT EXACTLY DO THE AUSTRIAN PEOPLE OWE HIM IN ORDER TO WORSHIP HIM AS A GREAT NATIONAL HERO?* Can you answer that question clearly?
That being said, I stand by my opinion that in this age, after waiting so long, it is idiotic to remove his remains. You can not change history.
