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A lot of these topics don't even get that much mainstream coverage in the German language sphere because there's no real common ground to be found. The Treuhan
by freeflight 6y ago
A lot of these topics don't even get that much mainstream coverage in the German language sphere because there's no real common ground to be found.
The Treuhandgesellschaft and Kohl are topics you will come across extremely polarized opinions from "Best thing ever" to "Worst thing ever", but these kind of controversies rarely make it out of the German language sphere, as they require a fair bit of deeper understanding not just about German history, but also about German political culture.
In that context The Perfect Crime on Netflix is a pretty good piece of documentary shining a light on parts of German history that, particularly West Germans, just love to gloss over but have in East Germany lead to deep scars lasting to this day.
- someguydave 6y agoFrom my American perspective I think the reason nobody talks about it in West Germany is because honest talk about German history has been ruthlessly suppressed by nearly all the institutions of the German state, including the state media. This is not healthy, people should be exposed to the best of all different perspectives.