Posted on 10/23/2019 8:42:54 AM PDT by Thistooshallpass9
“The life force is beginning to stir again," said the narrator of a 1946 documentary film called "A Defeated People." The film’s main purpose was to explain to the British and American peoples what was being done in the reconstruction of Germany after World War II—and what still needed to be done by both the Allied powers and the Germans themselves. "[W]e can't wash our hands of the Germans, because we can't afford to let that new life flow in any direction it wants." This episode considers some lessons from the rebuilding and reeducation of Germany and Japan that remain relevant today, and especially at this time of year, as we look forward to a time when the entire world will need to be rebuilt and reeducated.
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