Auschwitz was liberated 77 years ago

the hangings of the nazis followed soon after, much to the delight of everyone

Never forget how easy it is, and was, to convince billions that the minority are the problem.

The atrocities were outrageous, but anti-antisemitism was rife at the time due to the influence of those in power

It's a little more complex than that. Communism was responsible for the deaths of millions of people during the same period too.

I think the one common denominator seems to be that the best thing to avoid is letting a lunatic take the reins.

Just unbelievable that humans can do this to other humans... I understand we've been doing it constantly, but to engineer it in such a way that it was an almost conveyor belt of killing...

What were they meant to do with all the Nazi related statues and iconography? leave them up? I don't think that's how that works.

never mentioned statues or iconography but go ahead and answer your own questions !

You said they 'demolished all the nazi buildings after the war' - they didn't, they destroyed the iconography on them. Lots of them are still standing today, just sans swastikas.

that's simply not true Oisin you should check your facts. Start by going to Hitlers final bunker, that's now an unmarked carpark. OR his eagles nest getaway, or countless other buildings destroyed and left unmarked as if nothing ever happened.You are the only one mentioning iconography which is a weird angle.

The fact that there are still Third Reich era buildings standing which you can go and look at today is fairly indicative of not 'all nazi buildings being destroyed' in some kind of attempt by the Germans to completely erase their WW2 era history.

Here are some of them:

I was countering your point that Germans bury their heads in the sand and want to just erase their past and move on. I've quite a few close German friends and most still have a post war guilt over the atrocity, even younger people. It'll be a long time before that goes away (if ever)

Actually, I've lived in Berlin since 2014.

The bit about the buildings is not true and I find Germans far more open than the English, Spanish or Russians when it comes to admitting to their atrocities

It's not really a matter of being 'right' or 'wrong' - it's the question as to whether or not German's still feel guilty over what happened during The Second World War. You seem to think they don't, they erased their history soon after and want to move on and forget about it.

I'm just telling you from my own experience actually interacting with German people, that this is far from the case.

I'd love to know what you are basing your own opinion on.

Irrelevant in a thread about Auschwitz and you couldn't wait to say you live in Berlin, and defend germans, yet have Adolf Hitler as your avatar. mmm not sure you know the meaning of the word irrelevant. Frankly it's disgusting and any right minded person would agree.

Holocaust deniers/skeptics disgust me