Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

Getting to the West

Spanish translation:

De camino al oeste

Added to glossary by Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
Oct 15, 2021 14:43
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English term

Getting to the West

English to Spanish Other History Libro sobre el totalitarismo
Getting to the West
The German military situation continued to get worse. The Western Allies landed in Normandy on
6 June 1944, and the Soviets began their summer ofensive on 23 June. The Red Army crossed the Latvian
border on 18 July. Now the war was advancing into our back yard.
With the Soviets again on Latvian soil, the Germans ofered to let trustworthy refugees seek
“temporary” asylum in Germany, until the expected “fnal victory”. I recognised this as our only opportunity
to be liberated by the Western Allies, because there was no chance that the Americans or British would get
to Liepāja before the Red Army. One year under Stalin had been enough!
Prospective refugees had to get political clearance to make sure that only trustworthy people with
a clean record entered Germany. However, we no longer had a pass exempting us from the laws against
Jews, and I had no passport, though I was required to have one since I had turned 16 in 1942. Nonetheless,
we applied.

P.S. ¿LLegando a Occidente? ¿Camino de Occidente? ¿Qué es paree mejor?
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Oct 18, 2021 17:57: Beatriz Ramírez de Haro Created KOG entry

Discussion

Guillermo de la Puerta (asker) Oct 15, 2021:
Se trata de Unos letones judíos que, tras la llegada del ejército rojo a Letonia en la Segunda Guerra Mundial, aprovechan una oferta de los alemanes nazis de ofrecer asilo temporal a los refugiados letones para entrar en Alemania. Al ser ellos judíos, tienen que falsificar sus pasaportes para entrar en Alemania.
Orkoyen (X) Oct 15, 2021:
Si el contexto es tratar refugiarse en el oeste, quizás “cruzando al oeste” serviría.

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Hacia occidente // De camino al oeste

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Peer comment(s):

agree Víctor Zamorano : Las dos son estupendas, pero en ambos casos creo que habría que optar por la mayúscula, sobre todo en el primer caso.
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Tienes razón, Occidente con mayúscula. Saludos
agree Orkoyen (X)
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Muchas gracias - Bea
agree Xavier Ruilova
1 day 4 hrs
Gracias Xavier - Bea
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