Huffman
Master Don Juan
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I'll say that, concerning this, we're the exact opposite of Japan.
For Japan, part of the deal (pacifying the population after surrender) was that they lost "fair and square" and were defeated honorably. The emperor still honors the graves of convicted mass murderers today, because they were "heroic" in their time. Where in Germany it was complete Denazification and what they call the "historical debt that must never be erased".
Not far from me is Hitler's birthplace, Braunau. I seriously meet Japanese tourists every year who ask me where the Hitler museum is. When I tell them "we don't build museums for this guy" they honestly don't understand it.
For Japan, part of the deal (pacifying the population after surrender) was that they lost "fair and square" and were defeated honorably. The emperor still honors the graves of convicted mass murderers today, because they were "heroic" in their time. Where in Germany it was complete Denazification and what they call the "historical debt that must never be erased".
Not far from me is Hitler's birthplace, Braunau. I seriously meet Japanese tourists every year who ask me where the Hitler museum is. When I tell them "we don't build museums for this guy" they honestly don't understand it.
