Never believe the truth if it comes from a politician. They influence without responsibility.
Many things we take for granted as true, are in fact, not the product of an exact science. History is an example.
Historians often have an agenda. They will claim independent thought and analysis, but we know how we react when the evidence doesn’t concur with our beliefs. We hate it. Historians have this problem, too.
I chose three examples of where history has failed us and politicians have lapped it up. I have written short prose pieces to demonstrate the point.
Example 1. The denazification of German society after WW2. It was actually a very half-hearted attempt. Germany has dealt with its history but excused its criminals.
One of 12 pieces in German and English about the Topography of Terror, in Berlin.
Example 2. The British in India, 1780 to 1950 makes the Nazi criminals look like genocide novices. Britain deals with it by not talking about it.
One of 12 pieces about the Bengal genocide caused by British colonial policy. Except it wasn’t genocide, because the primary aim was profit, not death. Yeh, well!
Example 3. The bombing of civilian targets in WW2. The assumption is, the enemy doesn’t feel pain the way we do.
One of 12 pieces about the allied bombing of German cities. Alles zweisprachig. Again, it wasn’t genocide because civilian deaths were not the primary aim. Semantics rules!
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English and German in one book. Zweisprachig, in einem Band.
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