It's not about protesting, it's about representation. They were born into what are now, Germany, Germany, Italy, USA, Germany, Polish.
Why not any of the below ?
Austria: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Belgium: Georges Lemaître
Bulgaria: Saint Cyril
Croatia: Nikola Tesla
Cyprus: Zeno of Citium
Czechia: Franz Kafka
Denmark: Hans Christian Andersen
Estonia: Jaan Kross
Finland: Jean Sibelius
France: Napoleon Bonaparte
Greece: Aristotle
Hungary: Franz Liszt
Ireland: James Joyce
Latvia: Mark Rothko
Lithuania: Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis
Luxembourg: Robert Schuman
Malta: Jean de Valette
Netherlands: Rembrandt van Rijn
Portugal: Vasco da Gama
Romania: Nadia Comăneci
Slovakia: Andy Warhol
Slovenia: Slavoj Žižek
Spain: Pablo Picasso
Sweden: Alfred Nobel
Why was Callas chosen over Joyce ? why was Beethovan chosen over Mozart ?
Why not any of the below ?
Austria: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Belgium: Georges Lemaître Bulgaria: Saint Cyril Croatia: Nikola Tesla Cyprus: Zeno of Citium Czechia: Franz Kafka Denmark: Hans Christian Andersen Estonia: Jaan Kross Finland: Jean Sibelius France: Napoleon Bonaparte Greece: Aristotle Hungary: Franz Liszt Ireland: James Joyce Latvia: Mark Rothko Lithuania: Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis Luxembourg: Robert Schuman Malta: Jean de Valette Netherlands: Rembrandt van Rijn Portugal: Vasco da Gama Romania: Nadia Comăneci Slovakia: Andy Warhol Slovenia: Slavoj Žižek Spain: Pablo Picasso Sweden: Alfred Nobel
Why was Callas chosen over Joyce ? why was Beethovan chosen over Mozart ?