Re: Oldest SF not necessarily most dated?

Mike Dworetsky wrote:

> "Dan Goodman" <dsgood@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:482a77cf$0$238$804603d3@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Matthias Warkus wrote:
> > 
> > > Dan Goodman schrieb:
> >>> Just barely possible -- but someone whose English is German-tinged
> >>> being governor at a time when California has two Jewish Senators?
> >>> Both female?
> > > 
> > > Austrian-tinged, actually, making the thing even more surreal.
> > 
> > The language was German.
> > 
> > And note that Austria was considered by many Americans to be a
> > blameless victim of German evil.
> > 
> 
> 
> Too much influence of "The Sound of Music"?  There were plenty of
> Austrians who were enthused by the whole business of Anschluss and
> all that it led to.

Not to mention that Hitler was Austrian-born. 

But he considered himself German rather than Austrian.  Ironically, he
probably did more for Austrian nationalism (at the expense of
pan-Germanism) than anyone else born in Austria.

I suspect it was less "Sound of Music" influence than US Government
policy -- it was useful to downplay the roles of Austria and Austrians.

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