The bits debating territories East of the Oder are interesting, especially in light of current events.
At one point someone even asks if “Russia” [sic] get to keep the “bits” it stole while collaborating with Hitler.
Of course, those bits now belong to Ukraine.
At one point someone says “Look, Matt, that is the kind of debate we don't need at all in this situation”.
I strongly disagree. Vigorous debates are important. Unified Germany eventually agreed to “cede” the land east of the Oder in 1991.
That’s fine, but if Poland or Germany exit the EU there could be some hard feelings if German residents were deported from Poland.
For its part, Poland is still filled with hard feelings regarding Germany’s WWII conduct. If agreeing to give Poland the land east of the Oder was meant to smooth things over, it failed.
Germany is much better at remembering what needs to be remembered, and forgetting what needs to be forgotten. Maybe a bit too good.
At one point someone even asks if “Russia” [sic] get to keep the “bits” it stole while collaborating with Hitler.
Of course, those bits now belong to Ukraine.
At one point someone says “Look, Matt, that is the kind of debate we don't need at all in this situation”.
I strongly disagree. Vigorous debates are important. Unified Germany eventually agreed to “cede” the land east of the Oder in 1991.
That’s fine, but if Poland or Germany exit the EU there could be some hard feelings if German residents were deported from Poland.
For its part, Poland is still filled with hard feelings regarding Germany’s WWII conduct. If agreeing to give Poland the land east of the Oder was meant to smooth things over, it failed.
Germany is much better at remembering what needs to be remembered, and forgetting what needs to be forgotten. Maybe a bit too good.