Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Emails Description An account of the resource This collection contains emails which were sent or received on or around September 11, 2001. As of this writing individuals have submitted more than 1,500 correspondences. September 11 Email September 11 Email: Body The basic content, as unstructured text; sometimes containing a signature block at the end. Dear Meryl! It is so good to hear from you! You finally seem to have made it to the real world, including electricity and phone services... Well, I haven't made it there yet, I still enjoy the privileges of lazy student life (occasionally interrupted by bouts of studying for my finals in four weeks)! What you wrote in the last part of your mail about the current situation in the United States confirmed some of my fears. Not only in the US the climate has gone weird. Most people I know have been spending the last few days in front of the TV set or reading the papers. Everywhere in the country, especially in Berlin, life doesn't seem to flow at its normal pace, everything has slowed down. There have been bomb warnings at the Foreign Office, Berlin, and for some skyscrapers in Frankfurt, everybody is nervous as hell. People hardly speak of anything else all day. Thousands have been assembling in front of the US embassy in Berlin to express their grief. However, even though everybody is shocked by what happened, there is also a growing sense of apprehension about what might be happening next. Among the people in front of the embassy some were carrying signs reading: "No revenge, please! No World War III!" - that probably expresses the general feeling over here quite well. Just like you, I am also afraid of what your "infamoulsy idiotic president" (I quote and I totally agree!) might prove capable of doing. Even in Europe, there is talk of war by now which has been increased by NATO's decision to apply clause 5 of the Washington Treaty. Even though terror will always be unpardonable, I think it is time for the US to rethink some of their foreign-policy. Something clearly has to be wrong there if people in the streets of Beirut and in the West Bank start celebrating at the sight of thousands of innocent people suffering and dying. So much hatred against the United States has been able to build up in this part of the world due to America's colour-blindness in the Middle East conflict. I don't have the feeling though, that people are willing to think these kind of thoughts, to investigate the causes of terror and hatred. It is easier to call for blood revenge and to drop a few bombs on Afghanistan. The atmosphere is heated up enough to support this way of action. Meryl, I don't want this to sound so bloody critical of US-politics (the Europeans aren't that much better....they just do not have the kind of weapons the US commands), but I am afraid of your President's next decisions. I already thought it a total disaster when he was elected, but in a situation like this it makes me feel angry and helpless to think that someone like him carries major responsibility about what is going to happen next. Have you heard anything from either Yoti, Jesse or Anna Piotrowska in NY? I haven't been able to reach them since Tuesday, I really hope that all of them are safe. Okay, that was my contribution to the public opinion news you were starved for.... Meryl, lots of love and a big hug from Andrea September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. Thu, 13 Sep 2001 20:24:15 +0200 (MEST) September 11 Email: To The email addresses, and optionally names of the message's recipients Meryl Haydock September 11 Email: From The email address, and optionally the name of the author. Andrea Frischholz September 11 Email: CC The email addresses of those who received the message addressed primarily to another. September 11 Email: Subject A brief summary of the topic of the message. public opinion news.... Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource email398.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. email Created by Author Whether the author created this item. unknown Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. yes Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-08-19 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 209.128.98.234