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This reminded me of an initiative that the Swedish government had going for a number of years, where they distributed a very graphic (lots of pictures) and cold
by mekkkkkk 5y ago
This reminded me of an initiative that the Swedish government had going for a number of years, where they distributed a very graphic (lots of pictures) and cold description of the Holocaust to middle school students. The whole point of it was (as far as I can tell) to establish a compass of what true evil looks like, to never let history repeat itself. The title of the book was literally "Tell Ye Your Children", and I remember being given it when I was ten or something. It was an interesting initiative. Highly controversial.
- dvdgsng 5y agopdf freely available here (EN version): https://web.archive.org/web/20210206111359/https://www.levandehistoria.se/sites/default/files/material_file/om-detta-ma-ni-beratta-engelska.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20210206111359/https://www.levan...
- mekkkkkk 5y agoOh! Good find. Wasn't quite as graphic as I recall, but I remember that photo of the dying, seemingly terrified child on the sidewalk very well. Glancing through it now I gotta say I'm quite impressed by it. Interesting that they note how the book was "initially intended for adults" in the foreword.
- dvdgsng 5y agotbh that part about the 600 kids hit me hard enough even without explicit graphics