@ssirrah1 Spot on! And let me expand upon this kind sir!
"the operatives who attended to the crematorium, sometimes where called burners". P.178, The shortest History of Germany James Hawes.
Hawes is referring to Aktion T4/ the mass murder of (alleged) 'life unworthy of life'; this was the model of mass murder that became the gas chambers of the Holocaust.
"Throw me to the lions". A wider and more general reference the Christians vs lion entertain (myth of otherwise), and the Crusade of Richard the Lion Heart? This both opens and continues the theme of oppressive, destructive political...
@ssirrah1 Spot on! And let me expand upon this kind sir!
"the operatives who attended to the crematorium, sometimes where called burners". P.178, The shortest History of Germany James Hawes.
Hawes is referring to Aktion T4/ the mass murder of (alleged) 'life unworthy of life'; this was the model of mass murder that became the gas chambers of the Holocaust.
"Throw me to the lions". A wider and more general reference the Christians vs lion entertain (myth of otherwise), and the Crusade of Richard the Lion Heart? This both opens and continues the theme of oppressive, destructive political force, to a wider European historic perspective.
"Burn 'er anyway", can only but evoke the Witch Trails of Europe.
MH's usual trademark bucolic and pastoral imagery, set to a pleasant rhythmic trot through leafy glades.
:)
It’s a song written about the Kristallnacht or The night of broken glass 9 Nov 1938 – 10 Nov 1938
@ssirrah1 Spot on! And let me expand upon this kind sir! "the operatives who attended to the crematorium, sometimes where called burners". P.178, The shortest History of Germany James Hawes. Hawes is referring to Aktion T4/ the mass murder of (alleged) 'life unworthy of life'; this was the model of mass murder that became the gas chambers of the Holocaust. "Throw me to the lions". A wider and more general reference the Christians vs lion entertain (myth of otherwise), and the Crusade of Richard the Lion Heart? This both opens and continues the theme of oppressive, destructive political...
@ssirrah1 Spot on! And let me expand upon this kind sir! "the operatives who attended to the crematorium, sometimes where called burners". P.178, The shortest History of Germany James Hawes. Hawes is referring to Aktion T4/ the mass murder of (alleged) 'life unworthy of life'; this was the model of mass murder that became the gas chambers of the Holocaust. "Throw me to the lions". A wider and more general reference the Christians vs lion entertain (myth of otherwise), and the Crusade of Richard the Lion Heart? This both opens and continues the theme of oppressive, destructive political force, to a wider European historic perspective.
"Burn 'er anyway", can only but evoke the Witch Trails of Europe.
MH's usual trademark bucolic and pastoral imagery, set to a pleasant rhythmic trot through leafy glades. :)