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Originally Posted by Ancient Mariner
Can't work out to quote but @ Ford Prefect,in a perfect world we can all think that Uboat commanders were humanitarian in their conduct,unfortunately the harsh reality of WW2 was that many of them did share the ideologies of the Nazi Regime  To the last point correct me if I am wrong if the Japanese lie to their kids about WW2 & the west sought to atone for their "sins" as such,why is there a blank space in German history?
Yes war is atrocious in all forms but to leave out the historical significance of what happened in that specific timeframe?!?  |
The germans admit to what they did, the death camps etc. The japanese choose to ignore their forced labour camps, torture (including putting rice in prisoners ears and inducing it to grow) and all the other stuff they did.
I'm in the position of having family from both side of the conflict, one of my great aunties grew up in hitler's german, through the girls version of the hitler youth and lived through the war, her brother(s) fought on the eastern front and still, long after the war, uptil she died, her mother would still call anything marked "product of israel" "juden Scheiße" (or something along those lines) as if it were the most normal thing in the world. No covering up there of what feelings there had been in germany pre and during the war. My auntie though turned out a very normal person despite it all and to the best of my knowledge she's still going. A wonderful old lady who bought the best presents in typical german fashion that would have made the ahnenerbe proud. The boys always got tool kits or microscopes, practical toys. The girls got dolls and cookery sets. It's amazing how echoes of this time live on, the Olympic torch for example....