Oct 5, 2026, 3:36 PM@econads @irene @DeliaChristina Note: I'm not German, I'm USian.
And I have no idea.The history textbooks we had never made it to World War I (that was college), let alone II. US history was also outside of the RIGOR track I was in (which was suspicious back then, to say the least).
The only thing that comes to mind is how much influence the Texas Board of Education has over textbook publishing (which is a whole and separate thing).
@drwho
It's a whole thing with the far right here arguing that the remembrance culture makes Germans feel guilty for something nearly no one now living had any influence over, which while technically correct of course deliberately misses the point that just because you didn't do it doesn't mean you don't have an obligation to make sure it doesn't happen again. Which I have to say a large part of Germany is absolutely failing at right now :(
They want to push it out because they want to repeat it.
Oct 5, 2026, 3:47 PM@econads @irene @DeliaChristina That explains a distressing number of things.