Walter Novotny grave

[Uli]

Hello everybody ,
this will be my first post in this forum .I did already some answers and help as far as I can ,but now its time to o this post .
today I got news from Vienna/Austria .
I m sure anyone of you know diamondswinner Walter Novotny
who crashes down in his ME-262 at 8th of November 1944 .
He got a grave of honor at the Centralcementery in Vienna/Austria .
Now my friend told me that some people in goverment of Austria (the red and green ones we say) want to reach that his grave is not longer a grave of honor .If they reach that target the grave will be removed from the cementery and his last restplace is lost forever .
So your help is needed as you like to help .Anyone can send his
letter of protest to :

wiener.stadtkrone@kronenzeitung.at

And thats for sure :Any help is welcome !!!!!

Sorry would like to show you a picture of his grave but I can`t
post attachements here so I leave a picture of the grave at :

http://de.photos.yahoo.com/bc/kuchen...src=ph&.view=t

Hope it will work .
Thanks a lot for reading .
Best
Uli

[Sebastian G.]

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[Uli]

Thanks Sebastian ,
hopefully a lot more of the friends here will do the same .
Some of my US-Friends did so in the last 24 hours .
Any help is welcome .

Best to you all
Uli

[StefanK.]

ich muss mich bei euch bedanken, dass ihr auch aus deutschland versucht die akteure umzustimmen. meines ermessens beschlossene sache, das ehrengrab wird aufgelöst - leider.

stefan

[StefanK.]

http://www.wien.gv.at/protokolle/wor...-05-23-042.htm

[Prosper Keating]

Outrageous! You would think that these swine had better things to do with taxpayers' money than pursusing their personal, rabid political agendas and going about the place digging up dead air aces whose only failing was to have been on the losing side. This latest move clearly relates to Austrian attempts to perpetuate this myth that they were all victims of National Socialism, occupied by a foreign army, and that Austrians who served the Reich were traitors to Austria. Perhaps an Austrian patriot with millions in the bank could disinter Novotny and reinter him on private land with a fitting memorial. Or would the authorities refuse a permitand planning permission for this? It is high time that we Europeans took some direct action to remind politicians that they are there to serve us, not themselves.

PK

[Uli]

Hello to anyone
there is something news in the Novotnycase which I wanted to let you know .
The goverment takes him the Honorgrave to make it a normal grave .This means that the city no longer take care of his gravesite .But they won`t take him out......... So I think this is
a little victory to anyone who sends a mail .
Under
http://de.photos.yahoo.com/bc/kuchen...src=ph&.view=t

you will find an article from a newspaper in Austria which declares
anything .Its in german but I think a lot of you will understand .
They also wrote that there are many many protestmail enclosed
from Australia !

I like to say thank you to anyone who takes the time to wrote a little note to them .Thank you !

Take care
Uli

[Prosper Keating]

Here's what I sent them. It was sent from my professional e-address and the signature included my office address. Let's see some of the other notes.

PK

From: Prosper Keating <xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 01 Jul 2003 13:00:43 +0200
To: <wiener.stadtkrone@kronenzeitung.at>
Cc: file <xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Walter Novotny etc etc


Please excuse my lack of German. While I read German well, I cannot write in your language.

The Nazi regime was evil, as we all know, and the young Novotny was a member of the NSDAP. While I do not excuse this, you must remember that he was very young and was in the most ‘Nazi’ of the three branches of the Luftwaffe. It was almost obligatory to be a member of the party in order to achieve promotion. By the end, Novotny was no Nazi. But he was a brave young man who served his fatherland in time of war. I know that the invasion and occupation of Austria in 1938 and the consequent events are traumatic memories for most Austrians but it seems very mean and small-minded to think of exhuming a war hero who died thinking he was doing the right thing. Now that you have received many letters of protest, you plan not to exhume him but to degrade his grave, removing its honour status. Do the people involved with “Fall Novotny” really have nothing better to do with taxpayers’ money than spending time refighting old battles that took place before they were even born. There are new and very serious battles to be fought in Europe, with people like Silvio Berlusconi, Tony Blair, Jean-Marie Le Pen and, of course, your own Jorg Haider. And then we have the threat from the Bush Junta. So, please, leave Major Novotny and his grave alone and face the battles of today, not yesterday.

Prosper Keating
Paris

[Bill Gracie]

G'day,

I sent a short, very short note.G'day ,

This is an email to protest at the supposed removal of Novotny's grave. I'm a person who is Apolitical and has no Nazi sympathies, but I'm distressed as to why a soldier's grave should be moved.

I also protested when the French government wanted to build an airport through the Commonwealth war cemetery. I feel that the resting place of all soldiers are sacred.

Respectfully

William Gracie
Queensland, Australia

[Luftm40]

Where was the Nowotny family during all of this?

[Uli]

Hello ,
there is what I know only his brother alive ,and he is very old .
And of cource he has no chance to do anything because the goverment has to declare "Honorgrave" or not .
Just the last year the Novotny Comeradeship ends their exist .
This also because they are too old ,unfortunaltley .
At least only a mass of protestmails bring this finish .
And the latest news is that the Assossiation of paratroopers in Austria ,where the last members of the Novotny comradship found a new home ,will take care about the Novotnygraveside.
And thats good news ,for sure :-)
Best to you all
Uli

[Uli]

Austrian Newspapers to case Nowotny

Hello to all
now the newspaper shows a lot of mails they got from all over the world .I think someone could find himself ??
You can take a look at the newest Austrian Newspaper articles
here :
http://de.photos.yahoo.com/bc/kuchen...src=ph&.view=t

And once more I can only say :Thank you all

Best
Uli

[Uli]

More article

Hello ,
only wanted to let you know one more article with Bill Gracies
mail ,too .
This newspaper is the most reading newspaper of Austria with about 3.000.000 Readers every day .So our mails did a great job.
Best Uli


http://de.photos.yahoo.com/bc/kuchen...src=ph&.view=t