Germany and Japan are two countries that started the largest war in human history, committed countless atrocities and massacres, and plunged the humanity into its darkest hours. However, the two countries are totally different in the treatment of their own history.
A common theme in contemporary Japanese media and film is to try to paint Japanese soldiers as ordinary people who fought for their country. Japanese movies about WW2 almost never contain any genuine remorse about the criminality of the war of aggression they started. They even erect memorials in places like Hiroshima to try and paint themselves as victims, while at the same completely ignoring the victims of Japanese atrocities. Even to this day Japanese leaders shamelessly visit Yasukuni Shrine, where war criminals are worshiped.
This is in stark contrast to Germany. There are no memorials dedicated to the bravery of Wehrmacht soldiers. The few war memorials for German soldiers that exist memorialize the lives of soldiers who died in futility for a war of aggression. Rather than ignoring this shameful part of their history, Germans are not afraid to take responsibility for the Holocaust, and makes Holocaust education an important part of their education to ensure that such things never happen again.
This is I used to think of Germans as far more noble than the Japanese. Although nowadays the rise of parties like AfD has eroded my respect for Germans.
Germany and Japan are two countries that started the largest war in human
history, committed countless atrocities and massacres, and plunged the
humanity into its darkest hours. However, the two countries are totally
different in the treatment of their own history.
A common theme in contemporary Japanese media and film is to try to paint
Japanese soldiers as ordinary people who fought for their country. Japanese movies about WW2 almost never contain any genuine remorse about the
criminality of the war of aggression they started. They even erect memorials in places like Hiroshima to try and paint themselves as victims, while at
the same completely ignoring the victims of Japanese atrocities. Even to
this day Japanese leaders shamelessly visit Yasukuni Shrine, where war
criminals are worshiped.
This is in stark contrast to Germany. There are no memorials dedicated to
the bravery of Wehrmacht soldiers. The few war memorials for German soldiers that exist memorialize the lives of soldiers who died in futility for a war of aggression. Rather than ignoring this shameful part of their history,
Germans are not afraid to take responsibility for the Holocaust, and makes
Holocaust education an important part of their education to ensure that such things never happen again.
This is I used to think of Germans as far more noble than the Japanese.
Although nowadays the rise of parties like AfD has eroded my respect for
Germans.
本质上是因为日本是有条件投降!日本保留了天皇， 对战争时期政府的清算也不到位。731那么多战犯都在战后日本行医。
德国是领土完全成为战场， 彻底无条件投降。 那些纳粹党被彻底清算连根拔起。 什
么集中营医生被人追杀 只能去南美改名度日
那还不是美帝的责任，美军光顾着占领日本妞了。