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21 Jan 2011, 11:06 am

swastika Sightseeing topic
http://travelblog.dailymail.co.uk/2011/ ... liday.html

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21 Jan 2011, 11:51 am

Their idea is to (make money, and) keep alive something that is passing from living memory. And culturally, we tend to forget what's not right in front of us. So going to the places, led by historians, is good. Making a Nazi-themed pilgrimage of them is at best idiotic.



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21 Jan 2011, 12:04 pm

I think that's a stupid idea.


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21 Jan 2011, 12:49 pm

Natty_Boh wrote:
Their idea is to (make money, and) keep alive something that is passing from living memory. And culturally, we tend to forget what's not right in front of us. So going to the places, led by historians, is good. Making a Nazi-themed pilgrimage of them is at best idiotic.


Build a holocaust museum instead



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21 Jan 2011, 12:57 pm

As a would-be historian, I have no problems with history tourism. If this "Hitler Tour" is handled in a thoughtful, scholarly manner, I have no problem with it.

There's already a huge amount of very bad and inaccurate revisionist history regarding WWII--anything that can help promote a faithful account of these events should be encouraged.

Of course, if it's being marketed as a "Hitler Holiday" how much scholastic integrity can it have?


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21 Jan 2011, 4:29 pm

GoonSquad wrote:
If this "Hitler Tour" is handled in a thoughtful, scholarly manner, I have no problem with it.


I feel the same way. As a matter of fact, I would probably enjoy such a tour myself. (As much as you could "enjoy" such a morbid, depressing thing.)