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The canonical example is WWii Germany. Denazification actually sort of worked. But it required a lot of effort, resources and special circumstances.
by ant6n 8mo ago
The canonical example is WWii Germany. Denazification actually sort of worked. But it required a lot of effort, resources and special circumstances.
- exe34 8mo agothey brought the Nazis to the US and now hydra has taken over.
- UncleMeat 8mo agoGermany was also split in two for fifty years.
- hackandthink 8mo agofourty (1945 - 1949 it was split in 4 occupation zones)
- Someone 8mo agoIf you ignore Berlin (which, I think, kept its four occupation zones) it were first four, three from January 1, 1947, and two from from August 1, 1948 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bizone https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bizone)
- hackandthink 8mo agothanks
- greedo 8mo agoWest Germany wasn't denazified. The process was started after the surrender, but quickly and quietly stopped.
- ant6n 8mo agoThe party was forbidden, the symbols were forbidden. They hung the main leaders, quite publicly. It became a huge taboo, the ideology effectively died (for decades). A strong democracy was established, older democratic parties took over. Yes a bunch of previous nazis made it back into power and politics, but they didn't call themselves nazis or acted like nazis. But also, the country as a whole took a very different path after wwii.
- greedo 8mo agoA lot of symbolic actions were taken, but the majority (not "a bunch") of Nazis continued to hold positions of power in both the GDR and FRG. Justice was never served for what the Nazis did. Both the US and the USSR scooped up Nazi scientists (Operation Paperclip), and with the advent of the Cold War, the West quickly decided that it cared more about contesting Europe with the Soviets than seeking justice.