User talk:Mikewelch7

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You're fine
I never thought you were being snarky. Don't worry about it. I took a look and didn't see any vandalism though...glad I could help.Gator (talk) 20:15, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

Grynszpan
I don't think you read my edit very carefully. I haven't suggested that he survived the war. Eichmann saw Grynszpan in 1943 or 1944 so his date of death must have been between 1944 and the end of the war (ie, 1944-45).

This is an extract from Eichmann's testimony at his trial:

Grynszpan [I was told]...in...was late in the War ...in...during the War - it must have been in 43 - or    44 - I was hardly - in 43 Grynszpan was...this is it: I     received some...some...in the line of my duty I     received an order that Grynszpan was in custody in     Prinz Albrechtstrasse 8, and he had to be further examined concerning who was likely to have been behind the scenes. Accordingly I gave instructions to bring Grynszpan no, not this way - accordingly Krischak gave orders - Krischak was dealing with the matter - to    bring Grynszpan and...either way it would have been useless, I said to myself. I still remember exactly, for I was curious to see what Grynszpan looked like. For this reason I can still remember this very well, and I still said: Will they - more or less thus - if    they had not found this out during all those years, then this will also...this examination will also be    pointless, this would be useless, but an order was an     order. Grynszpan - er - Krischak questioned him and took notes. Nothing, obviously, emerged from the whole thing and I merely said then to Krischak that if he had completed the interrogation, I wanted him to bring him to me upstairs, for I very much wanted - for once - to    look at the man Grynszpan. I wanted to talk to him. And I did then, exchange a few words with Grynszpan. He was very brief (abweisend) and brusque, was indifferent and gave short replies to all the questions. I wanted to    ask him, since I had no knowledge at all of the whole matter, where he had been and things of that kind. On    the whole he looked well, he was small - he was a     smallish lad - I have absolutely - I don't know if I am     wrong but this I remember - such a...he was such a     little man - this is still preserved in my memory; and then he was again returned to custody in Prinz Albrechtstrasse 8. What happened then I don't know.

I will add this to the article. Adam 23:58, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

So far as I know there is no precise information on when, where or how HG died. It's pretty clear that he was dead by the end of the war. If he had survived we would have heard something about it by now. We know that he was in Gestapo custody when Eichmann saw him in 43 or 44. Probably they killed him when it was obvious that there was no further use for him. This is different to Baeck, who was a priviliged detainee at Theresienstadt (he also saw Eichmann, in March 45 when Eichmann vistited. He said, "I see you are still alive, Dr Baeck." To which Baeck replied, "Indeed I am, Herr Eichmann, and I will outlive you," which wasn't quite an accurate prediction, but not far off.) Adam 00:39, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

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Frank Lorenzo
Mike, thanks a ton for cleaning up that Lorenoz page. Wikilore and his alias Redstoneranger have been rewriting history for months now. Thanks a ton for shutting that fraud down.! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.219.235.234 (talk) 01:51, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

Factual edits to Lorenzo's page
Hi Mike - please refer to my post on the discussion board on Frank Lorenzo. I believe we can come to an agreement on what the bio says (and stop wasting each other's time editing back and forth) if we stick to the facts, whatever they may be. I have no interest in portraying Frank's bio in a biased way, and would like to keep it factual. I look forward to hearing from you.

Regards,

Wikilore —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wikilore (talk • contribs) 18:55, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

Frank Lorenzo
Hi, I understand what you are doing here but the reality is you should be treating me as just another editor who has some extra tools, not anything special as an admin. Now, if you agreed that the POV removal was appropriate, that's fine but the idea that I or User:Frank have some extra authority as admins is incorrect. Also note that any admin that attempts to tell you such or act like that is wrong. Period. -- Ricky81682 (talk) 20:19, 8 May 2009 (UTC)