Comments for paxmcc.com Blog http://paxmcc.com/blog A place for PAX people to relate on a casual basis Sun, 31 May 2009 17:25:35 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Comment on Searching for someone by Administrator http://paxmcc.com/blog/2009/05/31/searching-for-someone/comment-page-1/#comment-3565 Administrator Sun, 31 May 2009 17:25:35 +0000 http://paxmcc.com/blog/2009/05/31/searching-for-someone/#comment-3565 You may have to log in first to post a comment. Just click log in and fill in the information. You may have to log in first to post a comment. Just click log in and fill in the information.

]]> Comment on Bienenberg Peace Walk by alroupp http://paxmcc.com/blog/2007/05/17/bienenberg-peace-walk/comment-page-1/#comment-3276 alroupp Thu, 28 May 2009 02:56:15 +0000 http://paxmcc.com/blog/2007/05/17/bienenberg-peace-walk/#comment-3276 I was in the first group of Paxers who spent time in Neuweid, Germany. While out walking one day, some of us discovered a synagogue surrounded by barbed wire and almost covered with overgrown weeds. We mentioned it to the German man who owned the block factory and he was really upset that we were there and saw that synagogue. Based on his negative reaction I often have wondered if he had any involvement in the disappearance of the Jews from this community. Since that time I have often wondered what it would have been like to clean up this place of worship. Then I wonder what kind of reaction we would have gotten from this man and the townspeople if we had cleaned it up. One can be a conscientious object to a war but not to the horrors committed on the Jews. At a Pax reunion many years ago the question came up about why no one in Pax ever talked about this issue: why we were friends with people who had a hand in annihilating so many innocent Jews. Some of the guys even stayed up all night talking about this ethical dilemma. I feel I was really naive and I regret my lack of awareness of the horror that had taken place in areas where I lived and worked. Al Roupp I was in the first group of Paxers who spent time in Neuweid, Germany. While out walking one day, some of us discovered a synagogue surrounded by barbed wire and almost covered with overgrown weeds.

We mentioned it to the German man who owned the block factory and he was really upset that we were there and saw that synagogue. Based on his negative reaction I often have wondered if he had any involvement in the disappearance of the Jews from this community.

Since that time I have often wondered what it would have been like to clean up this place of worship. Then I wonder what kind of reaction we would have gotten from this man and the townspeople if we had cleaned it up.

One can be a conscientious object to a war but not to the horrors committed on the Jews. At a Pax reunion many years ago the question came up about why no one in Pax ever talked about this issue: why we were friends with people who had a hand in annihilating so many innocent Jews. Some of the guys even stayed up all night talking about this ethical dilemma.

I feel I was really naive and I regret my lack of awareness of the horror that had taken place in areas where I lived and worked.

Al Roupp

]]> Comment on Merlin Garber’s history: KARLSSCHULE by David Walker http://paxmcc.com/blog/2007/02/18/merlin-garber%e2%80%99s-history-karlsschule/comment-page-1/#comment-2856 David Walker Mon, 30 Mar 2009 22:09:36 +0000 http://paxmcc.com/blog/2007/02/18/merlin-garber%e2%80%99s-history-karlsschule/#comment-2856 I met up with Garth Herschberger on a UNESCO work camp, restoring the Karlsschule in the summer of 1958. It was a great time, and Garth was a great character. I have not been in touch since. Since then I have taught at Loughborough University UK and am now a Town Councillor. I met up with Garth Herschberger on a UNESCO work camp, restoring the Karlsschule in the summer of 1958. It was a great time, and Garth was a great character.

I have not been in touch since.

Since then I have taught at Loughborough University UK and am now a Town Councillor.

]]> Comment on This blog is for you by Arthur Driedger http://paxmcc.com/blog/2006/07/17/this-blog-is-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-1628 Arthur Driedger Sun, 18 Jan 2009 00:51:39 +0000 http://paxmcc.com/blog/2006/07/17/this-blog-is-for-you/#comment-1628 Anyone interested in some old slides from Paxers in Berlin, Germany during the 1950's working in the Red Cross and MCC refugee camps? Anyone interested in some old slides from Paxers in Berlin, Germany during the 1950′s working in the Red Cross and MCC refugee camps?

]]> Comment on This blog is for you by calvin redekop http://paxmcc.com/blog/2006/07/17/this-blog-is-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-290 calvin redekop Mon, 24 Mar 2008 17:19:44 +0000 http://paxmcc.com/blog/2006/07/17/this-blog-is-for-you/#comment-290 wayne yoder: I thinik al Keim has a copy of Merlin Graber's book. Cal wayne yoder:

I thinik al Keim has a copy of Merlin Graber’s book.

Cal

]]> Comment on This blog is for you by calvin redekop http://paxmcc.com/blog/2006/07/17/this-blog-is-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-289 calvin redekop Mon, 24 Mar 2008 17:18:03 +0000 http://paxmcc.com/blog/2006/07/17/this-blog-is-for-you/#comment-289 Richard Rush has just sent me his complete set of slides of his PAX experience in Europe. I am passing them on to Burton Buller and Al Keim for inspection. They are meticulously captioned and very well crafted. Richard is making them available for use. I suspect we will send them to the archives at Goshen. If any others of you have such similar material, and want to share and preserve them, please let Al, Burton or me know. Thanks, Cal Richard Rush has just sent me his complete set of slides of his PAX experience in Europe.

I am passing them on to Burton Buller and Al Keim for inspection. They are meticulously captioned and very well crafted.

Richard is making them available for use. I suspect we will send them to the archives at Goshen.

If any others of you have such similar material, and want to share and preserve them, please let Al, Burton or me know.

Thanks,
Cal

]]> Comment on This blog is for you by Haus umbauen http://paxmcc.com/blog/2006/07/17/this-blog-is-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-263 Haus umbauen Thu, 06 Dec 2007 18:37:17 +0000 http://paxmcc.com/blog/2006/07/17/this-blog-is-for-you/#comment-263 Ich moechte mich fuer die guten Infos bedanken und hoffe du wirst weiterhin so qualitative Beitraege schreiben. Ich moechte mich fuer die guten Infos bedanken und hoffe du wirst weiterhin so qualitative Beitraege schreiben.

]]> Comment on Bienenberg Peace Walk by calvin redekop http://paxmcc.com/blog/2007/05/17/bienenberg-peace-walk/comment-page-1/#comment-114 calvin redekop Wed, 08 Aug 2007 23:10:52 +0000 http://paxmcc.com/blog/2007/05/17/bienenberg-peace-walk/#comment-114 Hi, Adalbert: Ivan served as the first PAX director of the Greece program. If you will check Urie Bender's Soldiers of Campassion, you will find he started 8/22/51, which is correct, as far as I know (p. 294). Cheers, my friend. Cal Hi, Adalbert:

Ivan served as the first PAX director of the Greece program. If you will check Urie Bender’s Soldiers of Campassion, you will find he started 8/22/51, which is correct, as far as I know (p. 294).

Cheers, my friend.

Cal

]]> Comment on Bienenberg Peace Walk by adalbert goertz http://paxmcc.com/blog/2007/05/17/bienenberg-peace-walk/comment-page-1/#comment-113 adalbert goertz Mon, 06 Aug 2007 21:15:40 +0000 http://paxmcc.com/blog/2007/05/17/bienenberg-peace-walk/#comment-113 When, where did Ivan Holdeman serve in PAX? see below. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSfn=ivan&GSmid=46892922&GRid=20816439& When, where did Ivan Holdeman serve in PAX?
see below.

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSfn=ivan&GSmid=46892922&GRid=20816439&

]]> Comment on This blog is for you by calvin redekop http://paxmcc.com/blog/2006/07/17/this-blog-is-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-110 calvin redekop Thu, 17 May 2007 14:57:59 +0000 http://paxmcc.com/blog/2006/07/17/this-blog-is-for-you/#comment-110 PAX men, please tell others of the MWR news release regarding the Bienenberg Peace Walk which will appear in latter May issue. Joe Landis, jlandis@voicenet.com is spearheading a PAX reunion in 09 at the Mennonite World Conference in Asuncion, Paraguay. Please share this idea with other PAXers. Peace, Cal Redekop PAX men, please tell others of the MWR news release regarding the Bienenberg Peace Walk which will appear in latter May issue.

Joe Landis, jlandis@voicenet.com is spearheading a PAX reunion in 09 at the Mennonite World Conference in Asuncion, Paraguay. Please share this idea with other PAXers.

Peace,

Cal Redekop

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