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[–] pumpkinseedoil@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Germany is one of the few countries that actually very critically review their own history and spend a lot of effort on teaching younger generations the horrors of war (and of national socialism obviously).

(Meanwhile Japan just recently wanted Germany to remove a memorial statue for the women in Japanese prostitution camps, and made a contract with China to remove one there)

„Nie wieder“ - "never again"

[–] GarbageShootAlt2@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Compared to Japan, Germany is doing just fine, but it is difficult to conceive of a lower bar than that.

If the Germans were any good at actually understanding the history of fascism and not just the superficial details, they wouldn't be one of Israel's staunchest allies. Furthermore, though it is of course cultural convention there to condemn Nazism, as you mention, that does not mean fascists don't have cultural sway and, after zionism, probably the best demonstration of that is the clean Wehrmacht myth, which tries to draw a dividing line between the Nazis and the main force that fought the Nazi's war for them in order to exonerate the latter. That's what my comment was making clear reference to (it was basically just rattling off clean Wehrmacht talking points).

[–] OurToothbrush@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

Germany is one of the few countries that actually very critically review their own history and spend a lot of effort on teaching younger generations the horrors of war (and of national socialism obviously).

Wow, wild how Germany supports the genocide in Israel then. You'd have thought they were actually taught about that sort of stuff in school.

I'm guessing Germans also learned about how denazification didn't really happen in the western occupation zone after like 47? And how many former nazis had high ranking positions in NATO?