Its seventy years since the start of World War II and so we are having a spate of 'where were you' (obviously for the over seventies!) or 'on this day' stories etc.
All very laudable, especially since so many of the younger inhabitants of the UK have such a loose understanding of world or UK history that they don't actually know who Hitler, Stalin, Churchill etc were (the Americans are just as bad).
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| Rochus Misch ... Living History |
All very laudable, especially since so many of the younger inhabitants of the UK have such a loose understanding of world or UK history that they don't actually know who Hitler, Stalin, Churchill etc were (the Americans are just as bad).
However, as someone who was taught history at school before the PC brigade decided that black slavery was the only relevant subject, I find it strange that we have to explain it every anniversary.
...... No, the only story that caught my eye during this remembrance season, was an explicit account from 92-year-old Rochus Misch, who was in the Chancellery Bunker (Führerbunker) when Hitler committed suicide with his wife Eva Braun. Just for comparison, Stalin's death in 1953 is not quite so clear cut, with speculation still circulating that he was murdered.
Personal views of history are always the most interesting, and often the most valid, because they don't make the mistake of imposing today's values on to events of the past.
Personal views of history are always the most interesting, and often the most valid, because they don't make the mistake of imposing today's values on to events of the past.
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| Brigitta Jacob-Engelken |
Addendum: Shortly after I posted this story, another one came along about Rochus Misch's daughter Brigitta Jacob-Engelken ... she is partially disappointed with him over his willingness to talk about "the boss" (Hitler) without any apparent regrets, and is now claiming (some what ironically) that her mother was actually Jewish.
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