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The youth and the Imperialist Tribune was also addressed by a young girl
From Nicaragua whose hands had been cut off at the wrists by the former
Somoza guards.
Veronika Mercoff, of the German Federal Republic, had this to say:
Aber ich habe eine Ausbildung gemacht
Ak Industrie Kaufmann und... ??
I'm a shop assistant at the... ??
And I must say I'm a shop assistant by profession,
But it is difficult for.... ??
Now and then a little thing gets by.
Now and then we'll cry.
Like a fall in a war, like a mother's open arms.
Like a pawn in a game, hard to take.
There we sit on a line, wasting fortunes at a time, and pray.
All the time we are gone, there's no reason, there's no way.
Oh, the soul is the one so they say.
There we sit on a line, wasting fortunes at a time, and play.
She never thought he'd be this way.
Her arms aloft, she holds.
But now it's all a memory.
And it's gone...
From Nicaragua whose hands had been cut off at the wrists by the former
Somoza guards.
Veronika Mercoff, of the German Federal Republic, had this to say:
Ak Industrie Kaufmann und... ??
And I must say I'm a shop assistant by profession,
But it is difficult for.... ??
Now and then we'll cry.
Like a pawn in a game, hard to take.
There we sit on a line, wasting fortunes at a time, and pray.
Oh, the soul is the one so they say.
There we sit on a line, wasting fortunes at a time, and play.
Her arms aloft, she holds.
But now it's all a memory.
And it's gone...
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These are the correct words to the opening news report - as interpreted by Andy MacClusky (OMD's lead singer who wrote the song):
The youth anti-Imperialist Tribune was also addressed by a young girl from Nicaragua whose hands had been cut off at the wrists by the former Samosa guard. Veronica Merkoff, of the German Federal Republic, had this to say:
"Also, ich habe eine Ausbildung gemacht als Industriekaufmann und wurde nach der Ausbildung nicht übernommen, habe also eine abgeschlossene Berufsausbildung. Und so wie mir geht..."
International came out at a time when Communist Eastern European radio stations, mainly Radio Moscow, would find news, or possibly fake news, that discredited Western values and showed that Democracy was worse than Communism, in particular, tolerant of fascism. This example of Veronika Merkoff, shows that a West German girl, apparently personally "guarded" by Somoza "guards", was horribly mutilated by police or military in a pro-Western state.
@vulcanbiscuit I mean, isn't it true to a sense because alot of South American dictatorships were brutal?
@vulcanbiscuit I mean, isn't it true to a sense because alot of South American dictatorships were brutal?
Regardless of whether communism is worse than democracy, those things still happened and alot of those dictatorships were horrible places.
Regardless of whether communism is worse than democracy, those things still happened and alot of those dictatorships were horrible places.
@vulcanbiscuit @cosmichands The Soviet Union used to host these conferences with names like "Youth Anti-Imperialst Tribune" where people could discuss how horrible the west was. So yeah, they talked about horrible dictatorships chopping off innocent children's hands. But that second clip of the worman speaking in German doesn't seem to really relate to the first clip about the Anti Imperialst Tribune. It's someone talking about receiving industrial-vocational training.
@vulcanbiscuit @cosmichands The Soviet Union used to host these conferences with names like "Youth Anti-Imperialst Tribune" where people could discuss how horrible the west was. So yeah, they talked about horrible dictatorships chopping off innocent children's hands. But that second clip of the worman speaking in German doesn't seem to really relate to the first clip about the Anti Imperialst Tribune. It's someone talking about receiving industrial-vocational training.
I don't think Veronika Merkoff was the victims name, I think she was probably a conference attendee which had been interviewed about the conference and this speech in particular, but...
I don't think Veronika Merkoff was the victims name, I think she was probably a conference attendee which had been interviewed about the conference and this speech in particular, but they've substituted it with a totally different unrelated clip. This is what Google Translate says about the German clip: "Well, I did an apprenticeship as an industrial clerk and was not taken on after training so I have completed my vocational training. And the way I'm doing..."