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I managed to get through school just fine, thank you. Zyklon-B is well known to me. How does one company name from 70 years ago matter in the big picture anywa

by llao 8y ago

I managed to get through school just fine, thank you. Zyklon-B is well known to me. How does one company name from 70 years ago matter in the big picture anyways? Please don't assume that the rest of the world uses the same history syllabus like your US school might have. Did they at least also teach you who fabricated Agent Orange if they focused on manufacturers so much?

jacquesm 8y ago
> Did they at least also teach you who fabricated Agent Orange if they focused on manufacturers so much? In fact, yes they did: Philips Duphar and I learned this in school. Check out the "volgermeerpolder" if it interests you. And it was just a question, no need to perceive any insults, I was just wondering if the German school system is still highlighting WWII the way they used to, perhaps not, perhaps it never was done to the extent that it was presented to me in the first place. As for why it matters: For anybody involved in industry IG Farben and IBM are important because of the ethical implications. Finally, I never went to a US school (talking about assumptions...).
- fileeditview 8y ago
  When I was at school (in Germany) the Nazi topic was ubiquitous at the loss of other historic topics. After hearing the same things again and again year after year I became very uninterested with history lessons. Maybe it was the fault of my school or my teachers but I gathered that this is a common thing in German schools. In hindsight I have to say that I really didn't learn much about German history besides the 1st and especially 2nd world war time. While I absolutely agree that this topic has to be part of the curriculum it should not be so dominant. Who produced Zyklon-B is in my opinion a detail. There are other things in history that I am more interested in and that are more important. I understand you didn't want to attack anyone and I'm just telling you my opinion, no offense. p.s. I knew about IG Farben but I don't know where I gained that knowledge.. maybe it was school, maybe my parents or maybe because I studied at Goethe Uni for some time.

by llao 8y ago

jacquesm 8y ago

> Did they at least also teach you who fabricated Agent Orange if they focused on manufacturers so much? In fact, yes they did: Philips Duphar and I learned this in school. Check out the "volgermeerpolder" if it interests you. And it was just a question, no need to perceive any insults, I was just wondering if the German school system is still highlighting WWII the way they used to, perhaps not, perhaps it never was done to the extent that it was presented to me in the first place. As for why it matters: For anybody involved in industry IG Farben and IBM are important because of the ethical implications. Finally, I never went to a US school (talking about assumptions...).

fileeditview 8y ago
When I was at school (in Germany) the Nazi topic was ubiquitous at the loss of other historic topics. After hearing the same things again and again year after year I became very uninterested with history lessons. Maybe it was the fault of my school or my teachers but I gathered that this is a common thing in German schools. In hindsight I have to say that I really didn't learn much about German history besides the 1st and especially 2nd world war time. While I absolutely agree that this topic has to be part of the curriculum it should not be so dominant. Who produced Zyklon-B is in my opinion a detail. There are other things in history that I am more interested in and that are more important. I understand you didn't want to attack anyone and I'm just telling you my opinion, no offense. p.s. I knew about IG Farben but I don't know where I gained that knowledge.. maybe it was school, maybe my parents or maybe because I studied at Goethe Uni for some time.