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Are there any monuments to WWI and/or WWII soldiers in Germany?
Posted on 8/16/17 at 8:52 am
Posted on 8/16/17 at 8:52 am
How about Japan or Italy?
I'm just wondering how these countries memorialize those who dies fighting for the losing cause and, therefore, finding themselves on the 'wrong side' of history.
I'm just wondering how these countries memorialize those who dies fighting for the losing cause and, therefore, finding themselves on the 'wrong side' of history.
This post was edited on 8/16/17 at 9:13 am
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Posted on 8/16/17 at 8:53 am to Eli Goldfinger
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loosing cause
what's that?
eta: - but seriously -
they still have the prison camps...is that not enough?
eta again: quick google search
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Nuremberg -Visitors can tour the former Nazi Party Rally Grounds; learn more about the city’s wartime role at the Rally Grounds Documentation Center; and go inside the courtroom where the legendary Nuremberg War Crimes Trials took place after the war
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Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial - Take a Day Tour from Munich to Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial and explore the notorious camp, one of the first to be built and known as the blueprint for many other camps. The camp, which was used not only to imprison Jews, but German dissidents, outspoken clergymen, Jehovah’s Witnesses, homosexuals and Polish civilians (34 different nationalities were present at one time in the camp), is one of the country’s most shocking and revealing war remains, and while a visit is heartbreaking, its lessons will stay with you for life.
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Eagle’s Nest, Bavaria - ‘Eagle’s Nest’, is one of the most elaborate of Hitler’s houses, designed as a gift for his 50th birthday. Serving throughout the war as the southern Nazi headquarters and a safe retreat for Hitler himself, the most fascinating aspect of the house is its extensive underground bunker network. Today, part of the house has been transformed into a visitor café, offering spectacular views over the surrounding Alps and making one of the most popular attractions of Bavaria.
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Berlin - Berlin has an abundance of sights to keep you busy, most notably the striking Monument to the Murdered Jews in Europe; the nearby Sachsenhausen concentration camp; the war cemetery; the Jewish Museum and the harrowing Topography of Terror. Take a Half-Day Walking Tour of Berlin’s Third Reich Sites and visit the many sights once occupied by the Third Reich, including the fascinating underground bunkers.
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Colditz Castle, Leipzig - Colditz Castle once housed the notorious German military prison Oflag IVC, where a number of prominent Allied Prisoners of War Officers and Allied prisoners were held. Perhaps most famous for the legendary escapes made by Allied POWs from the ‘escape-proof’ prison, the remarkable Allied feats are chronicled in the Oflag IVC Escape Museum, which showcases many of the actual tools and uniforms used by the POWs.
This post was edited on 8/16/17 at 8:58 am
Posted on 8/16/17 at 8:54 am to Eli Goldfinger
In Germany, I saw memorials to men the who died fighting between 1939 and 1945 in pretty much every little town and village. They still display the Iron Cross which dates back centuries. You will not see any regalia or commeration of the Third Reich or any of its leaders.
Posted on 8/16/17 at 8:54 am to Eli Goldfinger
there is a George Washington statue in London, if that helps you out.
Posted on 8/16/17 at 8:54 am to Eli Goldfinger
Maybe. Not all German soldiers were Nazis. A lot of them were just kids who were doing what they were supposed to be doing.
Posted on 8/16/17 at 8:55 am to Eli Goldfinger
Yes, there are.
Posted on 8/16/17 at 8:55 am to Eli Goldfinger
I haven't spent a ton of time in Germany, but they are super fricking testy about anything that could be seen as glorifying their militaristic past and WWII in particular. Wouldn't surprise me to found out that there is a healthy amount of WWI memorials, though. As although certainly militaristic, those who know their history don't paint the Germans in WWI as the evil monolith that they were in WWII.
Posted on 8/16/17 at 8:57 am to Eli Goldfinger
quote:Many
Are there any monuments to WWI and/or WWII soldiers in Germany?
Posted on 8/16/17 at 8:58 am to NC_Tigah
Yes
Posted on 8/16/17 at 8:59 am to Eli Goldfinger
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Germany
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Japan
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Italy
Who cares. This isn't Germany, Japan, or Italy.
Posted on 8/16/17 at 9:01 am to Eli Goldfinger
It's illegal to display Nazi symbols in Germany unless it's for historical purposes.
Posted on 8/16/17 at 9:01 am to Eli Goldfinger
What is being forgotten in all of this is that part of the peace agreement was that all CSA soldiers were to be recognized as American veterans. It was important that Lincoln did this as to help heal the divide that our country was going thru.
Posted on 8/16/17 at 9:02 am to Eli Goldfinger
Posted on 8/16/17 at 9:03 am to MorgusTheMagnificent
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What is being forgotten in all of this is that part of the peace agreement was that all CSA soldiers were to be recognized as American veterans. It was important that Lincoln did this as to help heal the divide that our country was going thru.
They stopped liking Lincoln when they realized he was a Republican.
Posted on 8/16/17 at 9:04 am to Eli Goldfinger
Auschwitz is still there
Posted on 8/16/17 at 9:06 am to sicboy
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Not all German soldiers were Nazis. A lot of them were just kids who were doing what they were supposed to be doing
Kind of like not all southern boys were KKK black lynching slave owners.
I would guess most of them were just normal people trying to make a living and provide for their families.
Posted on 8/16/17 at 9:09 am to sicboy
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Maybe. Not all German soldiers were Nazis. A lot of them were just kids who were doing what they were supposed to be doing.
Maybe not all Confederate Soldiers were slave owners. The civil war was not about slavery. Hence why Ulysses Grant owned slaves and Robert E Lee did not.
Civil War wasnt about slavery until Lincoln needed to re-energize the north and add additional manpower of forcing "freed" slaves to fight/handle grunt work.
Posted on 8/16/17 at 9:09 am to REB BEER
We lost the Vietnam war. Take down all Vietnam statues and memorials
Yeh, I think not
Yeh, I think not
Posted on 8/16/17 at 9:12 am to REB BEER
Well just with the interviews with the actual Band of Brothers men, they talked about how they just always assumed the Germans were the most evil people in the world, but they eventually realized that they were soldiers just like them. Now there was the SS, and frick them, but most of the soldiers doing their duty, lots of kids who would just rather be home.
Posted on 8/16/17 at 9:16 am to bwallcubfan
quote:BINGO!
Auschwitz is still there
That is what folks here are missing.
We had a National Holocaust Museum long before we had a National Black American Museum. Why aren't we pushing for more rememberances of black suffering, perseverance and acheivement? Remembering the past, rather than deremembering it, is the approach to take.
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