Talk:Lena Valaitis

Birthplace
I have rephrased the mentioning of her birthplace to the following: (Valaitis was born in Memel (Klaipėda), in 1943 part of the Memel Territory of East Prussia, Germany, now in Lithuania.). Whether or not a place added to the territory of Nazi Germany is recognized as "legitimate" or not is controversial (see Talk:Erika Steinbach). An example of this is Valaitis' own webpage, which states "Lena Valaitis wurde am 7. September im Zeichen der Jungfrau in Memel/Litauen geboren." Because of that, I think it is important to specify that at that time (1943), the town was part of East Prussia, instead of a broad statement implying that the town had been uninterruptedly part of East Prussia for a considerable amount of time. Olessi 16:26, 30 October 2006 (UTC) - Hi Olessi

(just noticed election, congrats!) the German Wikipedia, specifically states, born in Memel, Deutsches Reich, but the way you phrased it now is acceptable (I guess as good as it gets on wikipedia). By the way, it is Lena Valaitis' Fan Club, http://www.lenavalaitis.de/index.html , that posted Memel, Litauen, precisely for the exact reason, that is, to avoid scenes like they are constantly happening at wikipedia and elsewhere.

It may be 'politically correct', in order to avoid endless debates or worse, like being called Nazi (for simply stating ones own birth place), but that still does not make it correct information. To your point, 'that at that time' (1943), the town was part of East Prussia, instead of ... uninterrupted... just because some big powers come and 'take' your land (aftert 1920, again 1945) that does not make it 'right'. Go talk to some East Prussian people today, who despite greatest hardships managed to remain in the homeland. Go and listed to Ostpreus'sche Wind, written, composed, and sung tohus. Labbas 30 October 2006