Behind screens and under cover of night, a local government in Japan is tearing down a monument dedicated to remembrance, reflection and friendship between Japan and Korea
I’m not familiar tbh. I just learned about how lots of Nazis remained or were placed in politically powerful positions by the west, often out of a desire to suppress communism.
East Germany had lots of the same in its bureaucratic and generally not very “political” parts. Its politicians, yes, didn’t include that kind of people. But unlike mother USSR it had a facade of pluralism, where one of the allowed parties was, again, very close to moderate Nazis.
Same with West Germany.
All of Western Europe, really. Gabriel Rockhill: The U.S. Did Not Defeat Fascism in WWII, It Discretely Internationalized It
How different was East Germany in your opinion?
Their 4 “allowed” political parties included 1 moderately Nazi.
Also USSR supported the so-called Socialist Imperial Party in West Germany, until it was banned there. Well, that’s only few years, so.
I’m not familiar tbh. I just learned about how lots of Nazis remained or were placed in politically powerful positions by the west, often out of a desire to suppress communism.
Yes, that thing was particular to West Germany.
East Germany had lots of the same in its bureaucratic and generally not very “political” parts. Its politicians, yes, didn’t include that kind of people. But unlike mother USSR it had a facade of pluralism, where one of the allowed parties was, again, very close to moderate Nazis.
Interesting. I could only imagine this as a kind of controlled opposition, but I’d be interested in learning more about it.
Of course it was controlled. Now, I don’t know much of GDR, so this is basically “I’ve read something and I repeat that”, but seems valid.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Democratic_Party_of_Germany_(East_Germany)