Letter: Victims of the V2 are not forgotten
Your support helps us to tell the story
This election is still a dead heat, according to most polls. In a fight with such wafer-thin margins, we need reporters on the ground talking to the people Trump and Harris are courting. Your support allows us to keep sending journalists to the story.
The Independent is trusted by 27 million Americans from across the entire political spectrum every month. Unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock you out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. But quality journalism must still be paid for.
Help us keep bring these critical stories to light. Your support makes all the difference.
Sir: I lived in east London throughout the V2 blitz. The decision by a new generation of Germans, our partners in the European Community, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Hitler's 'Vengeance' weapon is hardly calculated to strengthen Anglo-German relations.
The Germans would do well to remember the thousands of British citizens killed or maimed by this dreadful weapon of terror, a weapon targeted at a civilian population, striking without warning. It also seems to have been forgotten that the creator of the V2, Werner von Braun, was a card- carrying member of the Nazi party.
There is no cause for celebration.
Yours faithfully,
JOHN GORMAN
Waltham Abbey,
Essex
26 September
Join our commenting forum
Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies
Comments