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I spent almost a year in Germany and one thing I learned, and really appreciated, was that they were open and honest about the Holocaust and their role in it. I
by cletus 6y ago
I spent almost a year in Germany and one thing I learned, and really appreciated, was that they were open and honest about the Holocaust and their role in it. It’s taught in schools. It’s never brushed over.
Compared to say Japan.
EDIT: not sure why the downvotes. Japan's whitewashing of war atrocities (eg Nanjing [1][2]). Is this Japanophilia? Or just that I'm not denouncing the current German education system?
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanjing_Massacre https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanjing_Massacre
[2]: https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-21226068 https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-21226068
- Supermancho 6y agoI went to Japan in the 90s. The amount of leftover Nazi symbols (carved everywhere, marked on city maps where old depots were, etc) and casual use of Nazi references in literature was shocking.
- swebs 6y agoYou sure those weren't actually Manji? They mark where temples are. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-35349619 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-35349619
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- Supermancho 6y agoManji are oriented correctly. They are ALL over. The signs for what is and is not a swaztika are also at every temple. Any inhabitant of the temples will explain how german visitors would (infrequently) vandalize the temples. Not the intentional decoration (which is obvious) but the crude carvings into random wooden walls. I'm a little surprised that you can no longer find images of these carving after a few minutes of searching on the web. That's unfortunate, but I stand by my observations.