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Originally Posted by Oberon
Journalistic tricks aside, I think it comes down to who you talk to. For example, even of the older post-war generation there will be many who have not heard of Rommel, and many in the younger generation who have. It depends not so much on age but their interests. There are a few young members on this forum and I imagine that they know who Rommel was.
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The question is also is it really important to know who Rommel was? I mean seriously why would non Germans (or even today's German) need to know a German Field Marshal from WWII? Why would any young German need to know who Patton or Montgomery were? It's not really important as long as they know who fought who in WWII and for what reason.
And if people think it's important then where do you draw the line? WWI leaders? 30 years war or all the way back to the Roman Empire?
As a matter of fact that stuff is just nice to know but nothing more. If they hadn't known who Hitler, Roosevelt, Churchill or Stalin were now THAT would have shocked me.