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Joan Baez, Tom Paxton and Donovan attend a demonstration against the Vietnam War in Trafalgar Square, London, England, UK. On the way to the march, Paxton begins writing the song We Didn't Know.Full article:
Tom Paxton : Begun in the London subway on the way to a Trafalgar Square peace march, this song is a reflection of my preoccupation with fascism and what makes it tick, particularly in some quarters here in America. The traditional German cop-out is all too easy to spot. With the soldiers it was obedience to orders; with the civilians it was variations on a theme of "I was never a Nazi" and "We had no idea of what was going on."
(Source : Tom Paxton's liner notes from the LP Ain't That News)
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(Source : Tom Paxton's liner notes from the LP Ain't That News)