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"In Germany, Nazi buildings are extremely hard to come by — nearly all have been destroyed. Yet Germany certainly has not forgotten anything: There's just a recognition that remembering and memorializing are two different things."
How Charlottesville Looks From Berlin
Posted from npr.org
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Yeah, ya know I wouldn't say nearly all the Nazi buildings have been destroyed. The large stadium in Nueremburg still stands, a number of monuments erected by the Nazi's still stand, several Nazi Barracks and Hospitals still stand, etc, etc. So while I will agree with the author that Germany has a program in place for destroying what might become a future neo-nazi rallying point. They are far from completing the task and many do remain.
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SPC John Parmenter
Of course the 1936 Berlin Olympic Stadium still stands & is still used for sporting & other events. While stationed in West Berlin, my unit was assigned to the former kaserne of Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler -- U.S. Army called it Andrews Barracks. That facility still exists & is used by the Bundes government to store archives. The kaserne was originally built in the 1800s as a Prussian military academy which was closed down following WW I.
(PHOTOS: Front gate of Lichterfelde Kaserne in 1930 & 1963. The two statues, referred to as the "eternal corporals" in 1930s, now exist inside those concrete blocks.)
(PHOTOS: Front gate of Lichterfelde Kaserne in 1930 & 1963. The two statues, referred to as the "eternal corporals" in 1930s, now exist inside those concrete blocks.)
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SFC Kelly Fuerhoff
Nearly all doesn't mean all. That means most. Not all. The point is that they don't make a spectacle of the ones that stand.
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SMSgt Thor Merich
I was stationed at former German WWII barracks in both Ludwigsburg (Flak Kaserne) and Stuttgart (Kelly Barracks) while in the Army.
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The big difference between the U.S. and Germany is we have freedom of speech. When I grew up in West Germany, a swastiska would get you thrown in jail. Any mention the Nazi's was highly frowned upon. They were very fearful of the Nazi's rising up again. They pretty much didn't talk about it.
When the reunification occurred numerous neo-Nazi groups popped up out of the former East Germany. All the efforts of the West to discourage the Naziism disappeared overnight.
I wouldn't use Germany as an example of how to remember the past.
When the reunification occurred numerous neo-Nazi groups popped up out of the former East Germany. All the efforts of the West to discourage the Naziism disappeared overnight.
I wouldn't use Germany as an example of how to remember the past.
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