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A bit like your experience of Auschwitz, I'm surprised that anyone could not find the Berlin memorial sobering.
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Edit: Had no idea which thread this was in. Sorry guys
Not really justifying it - but I had similar experiences going round WW1 memorials in Belgium and saw much the same thing from younger people, I wonder how much of it might be down to the sheer scale of the thing being memorialised, that makes it impossible to comprehend in any meaningful way. I still find it distasteful but I think I see it more as a society scale problem now (people don't learn about respect / dignity) rather than blaming individuals
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About a year ago I visited Auschwitz 1&2 with a mate who was also couriering a aeroplane part as we had some spare time. Even I found it quite sobering and I'm a proper ...... There were some kids there on a school trip, who must have been the best pupils at that school because they all had white sweatshirts with a big star on the back! They were all running around chasing each other and generally fecking about up and down the tower of Auschwitz 2 so it takes all sorts.