HLMenckenFan@lemmy.worldM to Political Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoA warning from historylemmy.worldimagemessage-square35fedilinkarrow-up1567arrow-down114
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minus-squareUrist@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 months agoBy estimating the age of the soldiers in the bottom image.
minus-squaredarthfabulous42069@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoWhy would you assume the text was only referring to those soldiers and not literally everyone who aided and abbetted the Holocaust?
minus-squareUrist@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoI did not assume that. However, distinguishing who is to blame is important in order to learn from the past. Blaming conscripts and politicians equally is shifting blame away from those who were responsible.
By estimating the age of the soldiers in the bottom image.
Why would you assume the text was only referring to those soldiers and not literally everyone who aided and abbetted the Holocaust?
I did not assume that. However, distinguishing who is to blame is important in order to learn from the past. Blaming conscripts and politicians equally is shifting blame away from those who were responsible.