Will Hitler be seen differently in the future?

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  1. Winston1

    Winston1 Founding Member

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    As @red55 said the signal difference between Hitler and the others is that Hitler specifically ordered the slaughter of his own people as well as several specific other populations most notably the Jews.
    While Genghis Khan slaughtered in droves he and this descendent so established an empire that lasted hundreds of years.
    More than anything IMO Ceasar, Alexander, Khan and even Napolean were historically great men whose accomplishments over their entire lives and made history. Hitler is a footnote in the 20th century eclipsed by Churchill (the greatest of the century), FDR, and Lenin.
     
    Winston1, Jul 25, 2015
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  2. Bengal B

    Bengal B Founding Member

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    Hitler will be remembered as the standard bearer of evil for a long, long time. He was a ranting madman but he set in motion the German war machine and twisted the efficiency of the German industial complex to building death camps and transportation systems with the same cold logic and efficiency they would have applied to building a Mercedes factory. A veritable assembly line of death.
     
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  3. locoguano

    locoguano Founding Member

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    Its all a matter of perspective... Ancient conquerors are not judged by the same standards as modern dictators. We seem to expect modern man to be more civilized than the ancients... we couldn't be more wrong.
     
    locoguano, Jul 25, 2015
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  4. Bengal B

    Bengal B Founding Member

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    Like those modern Rawandans.
     
    Bengal B, Jul 25, 2015
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  5. HalloweenRun

    HalloweenRun Founding Member

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    It depends on who wins the next war.
     
    HalloweenRun, Jul 25, 2015
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  6. locoguano

    locoguano Founding Member

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    They're o.k. They don't have oil.
     
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  7. el005639

    el005639 Founding Member

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    big difference is the fact that to the victors go the spoils. if the Germans had won or at least not completely lost ww2...then maybe. as they did lose....no... he is written into history books, as the spawn of Satan. and rightly so.
    better question though is why did the Japanese get a pass for their actions in nanking when their actions were just as henious as the Germans.
     
    el005639, Jul 26, 2015
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  8. Bengal B

    Bengal B Founding Member

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    A lot of Japanese were hung for war crimes just like the Nazis at Nuremberg
     
    Bengal B, Jul 26, 2015
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  9. el005639

    el005639 Founding Member

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    QUOTE="Bengal B, post: 1473440, member: 513"]A lot of Japanese were hung for war crimes just like the Nazis at Nuremberg[/QUOTE]
    sure but they are not universally shamed because of it
     
    el005639, Jul 26, 2015
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  10. LaSalleAve

    LaSalleAve when in doubt, mumble

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    So what happens when Hitler is ancient?
     
    LaSalleAve, Jul 26, 2015
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