The Holocaust

I am German.
I have blond hair and blue eyes.
I do not believe in Hitler.
I do not hate Jewish people.
I am not a Natzi.


Nationalism: patriotic feelings, principals or efforts In other words: a sense of identity and belonging, usually feelings associated with a country where people share similar values, customs, and beliefs.

(And yes nationalism is more than cheering for your country at the world cup soccer finals.)


People are supposed to be proud of the places they come from and what their culture represents.

But how can Germans when they are associated with concentration camps, unethical human experimentation and the stiff, straight, brown mustache of a man who ended the lives of so many innocent people?

Simple: I recognize the fact that I am not responsible for the events of the past.

But the problem is that other people have not recognized that fact yet. People continue to hold Germans accountable for the horrible events of the past, despite the fact that there were only a few people directly responsible. The fact is that most Germans themselves are horrified with the events that took place and are ashamed to be associated with them, as anyone would. Yet still people continue to blame the events of the past on the people who had nothing to do with it.

So why are people so intent on having someone to blame for their problems?

People continue to search for justification until they find a solution. For some people it is the only way to put a topic at rest in their minds. Because having someone to blame is easier than maybe not knowing all the answers or maybe even forgiving and forgetting.

Why do people focus on Germany, and ignore the mistakes of all the other countries?


I know this question may seem hypocritical since on one hand I am asking you to forget the events of the past and am at the same time asking you to think of the other atrocious that have taken place in other countries. However there are a lot of people who are angry because the events in concentration camps stole the spot light away from many equally horrific events, the Armenian Genocide for example. Because the events were over shadowed they were never able to gain a sense of justice.

Final Word: So remember, every single time you make a comment about Germans or Jews or Hitler you are fighting someone else's battle. One that should have ended years ago, because the reality is, history is history, there is nothing anyone can do to change the past so we might as well just move on. And control the only thing we have power over: the future, to ensure that history does not repeat it’s self.

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