DidiQJan 27, 2023
“"In Germany, teaching the Holocaust is mandatory. It includes visits to concentration camp, museums, etc. They don’t shy away from their own ugly history. Yet the kids aren’t damaged; they’re strengthened, matured, humbled. US needs to do same re slavery. Not that complicated.”
Siggy Rose.
Show threadKristin ZettlemoyerJan 27, 2023
@DidiQ German here. Completely true. Learning about history based on facts and understanding how something like that could happen was part of our basic education. I live in the US now and when my kids were old enough, we made sure to visit a concentration camp so they can learn and see what happened. It was certainly a somber visit to experience what humans have done to other humans who were different from them.
Show threadDidiQJan 27, 2023
@kkz Thank you for sharing. I visited a concentration camp once when I was in Germany as a teenager, and it has stayed with me.
Show threadNils 'Kojote' HitzeJan 28, 2023
@DidiQ @kkz I'm worried about the people that aren't moved by a visit
Show threadKristin ZettlemoyerJan 28, 2023
@kojote @DidiQ I think it’s impossible for anyone who visited a former camp and actually paid attention during their visit to not be moved by the pictures and the general sense of doom you experience being in a camp.
Show threadNils 'Kojote' Hitze
@kkz @DidiQ that's what I thought too but than I regularly see people doing selfies on the Holocaust memorial in Berlin and hear people talking on the bus when coming from there (we have a bus line in Dachau that goes from the train station to the memorial site) and there are some that aren't.
Jan 28, 2023 at 5:37pmWeb