a short history of Germany

Dragunov · Post by **Dragunov** » Fri May 11, 2007 9:10 pm

I was at a 'tourism exibit' (done by students) at my school today and as i walked by a booth about Germany, something caught my attention.

on the side of the display, there was a title labled HISTORY and below it was "AKA Adolf Hitler". then i had one of those

moments where i wanted to slap the person by the booth. since when did the world's history start at 1935 and skip the 67 years to 2007? sure, the Nazis were a shameful but significant event in Germany's history but this?!?!?

below it was a pic of AH with an x through it and a pic of Auschwitz(?) (arbeit macht frei or sommat like that on a gate).

GAH! people can be sooooo ignorant...

anyone else have a similar incident?

Dragunov

Hans Knospler · Post by **Hans Knospler** » Sat May 12, 2007 3:22 am

Loads of times, but not the same.

Just ignorant people saying to me, "Are you German?"
I say "Yes"
They say "Then your a Nazi, right?"

It makes me want to throw up because these people aren't the LEAST bit educated.

TimoWr · Post by **TimoWr** » Sat May 12, 2007 3:32 am

Dragunov wrote:[...] and a pic of Auschwitz(?) (arbeit macht frei or sommat like that on a gate).

Now THAT'S what I call ignorant.

Hans Knospler · Post by **Hans Knospler** » Sat May 12, 2007 7:43 am

TimoWr wrote:
Dragunov wrote:[...] and a pic of Auschwitz(?) (arbeit macht frei or sommat like that on a gate).
Now THAT'S what I call ignorant.

The fact that he doesn't accurately know the Message on the Gate, or the fact that people put that there?

TimoWr · Post by **TimoWr** » Mon May 14, 2007 12:32 am

The fact that he complains about "ignorant people" yet doesn't show even basic knowledge about the Auschwitz.

Hans Knospler · Post by **Hans Knospler** » Mon May 14, 2007 3:26 am

Well just to let you know, it is Arbeit Macht Frei

Rajin Cajun · Post by **Rajin Cajun** » Mon May 14, 2007 8:53 am

The Auschwitz? Has it become a band now?

M.H. · Post by **M.H.** » Mon May 14, 2007 9:51 am

I wonder what that had to do with a tourism exhibit about Germany...Auschwitz is in Poland...

Dragunov · Post by **Dragunov** » Mon May 14, 2007 9:02 pm

yet doesn't show even basic knowledge about the Auschwitz.

define "basic knowledge". the pic was just a plain sign labeled 'Arbeit Macht Frei' on a nondescript badbed wire fence. that's all, not the infamous gate at Auschwitz. and that phrase was used on more than just one concentration camp.

you'd probably say more or less the same thing if you were in my position.

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