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I agree but I fear this is now fading too. '89 was 35 years ago, and for all generations younger than mine (i'm 40) this part of history will be much more abstr

• inglor_cz 2y ago
  Yes, such is the nature of the world, that it buries horrors under layers of time. In some ways, such healing is necessary, even though it comes with risk of repeating the same mistakes. A week ago, I was in Zaragoza and there is a Goya Museum there. His prints of the horrors of the Napoleonic Wars are absolutely terrifying and ghastly. Today, the French and the Spanish people are on friendly terms. In a hypothetical world where the witnesses of such horrors still lived, those nations would probably be a lot less friendly and more resentful.
• deutschepost 2y ago
  Thanks to the themes which are covered in German history lessons, it will never truly disappear. I can’t remember a single lesson which didn’t cover one of those themes.
  • pjmlp 2y ago
    Yet many students aren't paying attention, given current voting trends.