When will Germany be forgiven?

This might be more interesting.

http://www.ironsky.net/

Good and bad in all races.


One lesson to learn from WW2 imo, is not to be too nationalistic.


I am extremely lucky to be Australian in regards to economics, lifestyle issues and freedoms etc.

Imo, don't think your country is always right.
Constructive criticism is an important issue for all citizens.


"Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, oi, oi, oi" is great if it about inclusion and mateship etc.



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Riddick said:

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WW2 would be heavily featured regardless of who controls the world's media. The scale of the war was unprecedented, it happened recently, and there is a lot of information about it. Non-stop war for over 5 years covering the globe, with 60+ million dead.

grantk:
"Germany has been paying compensation since the end of the war "


I have some limited knowlegde of German compensation to forced Slave labour (now residing in Australia).
Some citizens from invaded countries were forced to go to Germany and work for no pay.
Uprooted from their famillies and many were very young. A lot never have seen their families again.


NOT EVERYONE ELIGIBLE

Some didn't get the compensation as they weren't deemed to have been involved for long enough.

I think you had to have been slave labour for all or most of the war.

So, too bad it you weren't there for the duration determined although you might have still been forced labour for years.


AMOUNTS

Small amounts.


TOO LATE

Took so long to institute that a lot of those who were eligible were dead or close to death.
Those getting paid were in their 70s and 80s when the payments started.

You could assume that was a reason to drag it out. Longer it took to institute the less people around to pay.

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moneymajix said:

grantk:
"Germany has been paying compensation since the end of the war "

NOT EVERYONE ELIGIBLE

Took so long to institute that a lot of those who were eligible were dead or close to death.
Those getting paid were in their 70s and 80s when the payments started.

You could assume that was a reason to drag it out. Longer it took to institute the less people around to pay.

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If history is any kind of teacher then surely the fact that germany paid compensation at all stands out against almost every other time period previous.

The americans haven't paid institutional compensation for the slaves they took. neither have the british, french, spanish, portuegese, japanese or any other colonising power.

It was a WAR afterall, one side against the other. Yes it was terrible (family members fought for the allies) and it affected millions. To expect compensation seems noble when taken on face value, but ludicrous when compared to previous events in history. just my opinion