We should reject the "Lost Cause of the South" myth once and for all

[Rightguide]

Point is, there are no monuments in Germany to Hitler's soldiers -- who were in no relevant way different from the way you have described Confederate soldiers. They may have been brave and patriotic and honorable, but the nature of the regime they fought for precludes their public valorization.

That is a false statement. Germany has war cemeteries and memorials for its fallen soldiers who fought in WWII. There are none to NAZI leaders however. The Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge (German War Graves Commission) maintains over 800 war cemeteries across Europe.

 

[Politruk]

That is a false statement. Germany has war cemeteries and memorials for its fallen soldiers who fought in WWII. There are none to NAZI leaders however. The Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge (German War Graves Commission) maintains over 800 war cemeteries across Europe.

I'm sure there's nothing corresponding to Confederate statues all over the place like we have here. And there certainly are such memorials to every war Germany fought before WWII.

 

[Unusedhard]

Regardless of name origin, Fort Bragg-by virtue of the type of units there and their operations- has in more recent decades entered the public lexicon in such a way that changing that particular base name always irked me more than the others.

 

[Rightguide]

Point is, there are no monuments in Germany to Hitler's soldiers -- who were in no relevant way different from the way you have described Confederate soldiers. They may have been brave and patriotic and honorable, but the nature of the regime they fought for precludes their public valorization.

There are monuments to German soldiers, Wehrmacht (regular army), who fought in WWII. There are no monuments to Waffen-SS soldiers, per se, but the Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge (German War Graves Commission) does not distinguish between Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS graves, as their mandate is humanitarian and apolitical.

 

[YDB95]

There are monuments to German soldiers, Wehrmacht (regular army), who fought in WWII. There are no monuments to Waffen-SS soldiers, per se, but the Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge (German War Graves Commission) does not distinguish between Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS graves, as their mandate is humanitarian and apolitical.

Yes, but as you say, they fought for their country. We're talking about people who fought against it.