[Taxacom] Fate of the Hungarian Natural History Museum

[Michael A. Ivie]

Ken, we do not help our cause if we don't know what we are talking about. 
Hungary did not need protection from the Nazis, they WERE the Nazis in
WWII, as a part of the Axis Powers.  That military academy produced
officers the Allies faced on the battlefield until the Red Army stopped
them in 1945.

Slips like that diminish our arguments greatly.  If part of our argument
is clearly wrong, all of it can be dismissed.  Get it straight before
trying to interfere in affairs of a foreign country, otherwise, you look
like --- well, sad to say -- an American.

HOWEVER, that museum is absolutely a fantastic resource for the whole
world.  The beetle collection is among the best in the world, and has a
history of great, great systematic work that continues to this day.  Type
holdings are very large, and world-wide in scope.

Mike


Michael A. Ivie, Ph.D., F.R.E.S.
Montana Entomology Collection
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