Well to be fair, it literally was still happening in our parents’ or grandparents’ time. People born in 1940 were still involved in the kidnapping of Congolese children and bringing them to belgium, and the issue of racism here is still extremely prevelant and widespread.
But yes, we try to bury it here like there Americans do about slavery. Germans are far more open about the Nazis and get far, far more education about it in school.
Imo the Germans really deserve props with how they treat their black page, compared to how other countries around them still try to hide what they did during colonial times (which to some extent, continues to present day)
As a black page in our history that happened before our time.
So about the same as how Germans view the Nazis. Or Americans see the transatlantic slave trade.
Given Germany’s uncritical embrace of Israel, it’s pretty clear that the Nazis have not been forgotten.
The problem is that instead of learning to guard against fascism, Germany’s lesson was that Israel is above criticism.
As a German, I don’t find this all that reassuring.
Well to be fair, it literally was still happening in our parents’ or grandparents’ time. People born in 1940 were still involved in the kidnapping of Congolese children and bringing them to belgium, and the issue of racism here is still extremely prevelant and widespread.
But yes, we try to bury it here like there Americans do about slavery. Germans are far more open about the Nazis and get far, far more education about it in school.
Imo the Germans really deserve props with how they treat their black page, compared to how other countries around them still try to hide what they did during colonial times (which to some extent, continues to present day)