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You ever feel bad that Germany doesn't have any sort of World War 2 Wehrmacht memorials?
Posted on 8/20/17 at 12:42 am
Posted on 8/20/17 at 12:42 am
How many truly innocent young German men lost their lives in that struggle but will never be recognized because they were a part of the "evil Wehrmacht"? It's sad that a some random 18 year old German kid who fought for his homeland, same as any American or Brit, will always be remembered as evil and terrible. I detest the Nazis, but Germany's washing away of WW2 and the sacrifices made their hardworking people always irks me. War has good and bad on both sides, always. The Nazis were obviously the "Bad guys" but the German soldiers still deserve a good bit of respect.
EDIT: No, I don't have a tiki torch.
EDIT: No, I don't have a tiki torch.
This post was edited on 8/20/17 at 12:45 am
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Posted on 8/20/17 at 12:44 am to _Hurricane_
Honestly, no. No I don't feel bad.
Posted on 8/20/17 at 12:46 am to GeorgeTheGreek
I could definitely see why people would be against it, but I'm thinking about it on a personal level and I think there should be some sort of memorial with an asterisk.
Posted on 8/20/17 at 12:47 am to GeorgeTheGreek
Hell, the Soviets were barbaric as shite but no one has a problem with their Red Army monuments.
Posted on 8/20/17 at 1:01 am to _Hurricane_
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Hell, the Soviets were barbaric as shite but no one has a problem with their Red Army monuments.
History is written by the victor
Posted on 8/20/17 at 1:48 am to _Hurricane_
No, I don't really care one way or the other. Wouldn't care if they had monuments. Weird thing to think about.
Posted on 8/20/17 at 1:53 am to _Hurricane_
There are some. I think the rule covers strictly nazi stuff.
Posted on 8/20/17 at 1:57 am to _Hurricane_
They have cemeteries.
But kids don't got to Klaus Barbie Elementary School on Hitler Lane.
Meanwhile, our chilluns go to Lee High on Raphael Semmes Drive.
But kids don't got to Klaus Barbie Elementary School on Hitler Lane.
Meanwhile, our chilluns go to Lee High on Raphael Semmes Drive.
Posted on 8/20/17 at 1:59 am to _Hurricane_
It's silly tjat they wouldn't honor their dead. But they still honor Erwin Rommel.
Posted on 8/20/17 at 2:00 am to Twenty 49
quote:
They have cemeteries.
But kids don't got to Klaus Barbie Elementary School on Hitler Lane.
Meanwhile, our chilluns go to Lee High on Raphael Semmes Drive.
This.
Germany pretty much wiped out any reference to the Nazis. No memorials or anything that would come close to honoring them. Hell you can't even buy german model airplanes in germany if there is a swastika on the plane.
Posted on 8/20/17 at 2:12 am to asurob1
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This.
Germany pretty much wiped out any reference to the Nazis. No memorials or anything that would come close to honoring them. Hell you can't even buy german model airplanes in germany if there is a swastika on the plane.
Yes but there are still a few memorials to the Wehrmacht scattered around the country and at least one U-boat memorial that I have visited. Obviously. swastikas and Nazi party stuff are verboten although my barracks in Germany still had swastikas carved in the walls, they were just painted over.
Posted on 8/20/17 at 2:59 am to _Hurricane_
Different type of war; different politics.
Germany's invasion of Poland (and beyond)
=/=
American Civil War
Germany's invasion of Poland (and beyond)
=/=
American Civil War
This post was edited on 8/20/17 at 3:00 am
Posted on 8/20/17 at 3:04 am to northshorebamaman
I worked a job at a facility in Missouri that had house German POWs during the war and there were swasticas carved in the walls there. It was bizarre to see.
Posted on 8/20/17 at 3:16 am to _Hurricane_
The SS troops were bad but your average Wehrmacht guys were kids thrown out as cannon fodder just like our kids.
Posted on 8/20/17 at 3:30 am to _Hurricane_
quote:I feel much worse for folks who've apparently never traveled there, and don't know better
You ever feel bad that Germany doesn't have any sort of World War 2 Wehrmacht memorials?
etc., etc.
Posted on 8/20/17 at 5:03 am to _Hurricane_
quote:
The Nazis were obviously the "Bad guys" but the German soldiers still deserve a good bit of respect.
I totally agree - the average german soldier where honorable men of good character.
The leadership was evil to the core - but the young men caught up in it had no real choice.
Posted on 8/20/17 at 5:14 am to ChineseBandit58
I thought I read on here that many of the soldiers didn't know what was going on wrt the Jewish people.
Posted on 8/20/17 at 5:22 am to NC_Tigah
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etc., etc.
THank you for the info - I am glad that the good common men whose lives where thrown away for an evil ideology are remembered honorably.
I did not know these existed
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thank you
Posted on 8/20/17 at 6:38 am to meeple
quote:
I thought I read on here that many of the soldiers didn't know what was going on wrt the Jewish people.
I'm sure that is true. There are a lot of lies surrounding the Germans in WWII. People who speak out against the common narrative of what happened are often arrested, banned from public speaking, and have their books banned as well.
Posted on 8/20/17 at 6:43 am to _Hurricane_
It's sad how stupid and angry you are.
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