[longjack]

German ping.

Here's a Swiss article BMCDA sent me. It is long (too long for me to translate right now), however it does fit in nicely with Prager's article.

Ist die «Umerziehung» zu weit gegangen?

Re: My thoughts on the posts on these threads:

I think the German baby boomers have had the history of the 2nd world war 're-educated' completely out of them. I don't think they could make any comments over the events in the 30's and 40's that were based on objective material.

People who I have talked to, including those who were German WWII vets, including Germans who were POW's in Russia and the US, never indicated to me that the only remorse was that they lost the war. Those decades were terrible times of millions of deaths and incredible destruction. I have never met anyone who enjoyed it or was interested in a re-do.

longjack

[tictoc]

Ist die «Umerziehung» zu weit gegangen?

A good and thoughtful article, which clarifies some of the things I had been thinking about. Thank you for the link!

[CasearianDaoist]

I think you have it right. The Boomer's in the US have the same problem. What I notice over here is that people under 35 think that the Cold War was some sort of "Marketing Strategy" used for political and economic advantage by "big business." We have lost control of our own history in the US.

[An.American.Expatriate]

You are correct longjack - Germans do not, as a rule, really "learn" about the Nazi period - it is a very strange predicament - too much information about what really lead to the rise of Hitler leads to accusations of anti-semitism - too little and they are ignoring history.

It is time to shed the collective guilt trip and really learn from the past. Won't happen any time soon though.

(PS I have a daughter who attended German Schools so I do have first hand knowledge of what is taught/not taught.)