Seek them out, if you desire. The numbers can help gauge this war against the many other 'dirty little wars' fought all over this world since the spring of 1945. The grainy news reels from that era give a feel of antiguity and a distant detachment from the present, much like thumbing through a history text book. Anniversaries are a way to not only gauge time but to gauge progress, both personal and collectively. 1995 marks fifty years since the end of the second world war.
Technological progress distorts the perception of time.
While surfing the internet or watching a live satellite broadcast, I find it easy to discount that I was born a mere twenty years after the fall of Nazi Germany. Some were borne out of the post war 'workers state' that was manipulated to benefit a few. But the evil unleashed from a broken heart, pain mainfested into a focused vengeance for the murder of a loved one, is a pure passion that is not only illogical and regressive, but unmistakably human. Our passions can inhibit our progress toward our collective destiny, but redemption in the form of compassion, ingenuity and art ensure us a crack at the goal. These later attributes are what is contained in this collection of music from various artists.