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[-] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 69 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horst-Wessel-Lied

Horst Wessel was a Nazi bully boy who got into a fight with his landlady's friends over unpaid rent. After his death he was elevated to martyr status by Hitler.

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 25 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

They really are following the playbook, aren't they.

[-] Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago

And it’s so obvious yet allowed that Occam’s Razor dictates Americans want it.

[-] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 16 points 1 week ago

a shocking number of americans don't know the first thing about the material conditions and systems failures that led to the second world war. i learned about horst wessel in a library book after i finished college

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