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I don't think that Germany has many lessons: our hindsight about the first decades after the war time is completely dominated by the the topic of denazification
by usrusr 4y ago
I don't think that Germany has many lessons: our hindsight about the first decades after the war time is completely dominated by the the topic of denazification, in all its twists and details, that everything else just happened without anybody really taking note.
- gumby 4y agoI can tell you it’s still a big issue in the Dörfer which were likely less subject to the denazification process. Our parents’ generation (those who were kids in the 30s & 40s) are mostly gone but those born in the 50s-70s are still around and many in therapy which was not common before. That is the pool to learn from. There is sadly no shortage of countries with large populations who suffered in war. But Germany is a large, wealthy country which is a good example of what Ukraine will face in postwar reconstruction. And yes, Germany still owes an old debt to Ukraine (instigation of war) as well as a contemporary one (holding off Russia with limited German assistance).