Current Events > are there schools in germany that try to teach alternative history like japan?

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http://dw.com/en/japans-nationalist-school-books-teach-a-different-view-of-history/a-40092325

Hiromichi Moteki, the group's acting chairman and a former history teacher, claims the text books are "free from a biased view of history" that is being aggressively pushed by Japan's neighbors, primarily China and both North and South Korea.

Moteki professes to be at a loss as to why its former colonial conquests harbor ill-feeling toward Japan.

"For our part, we were not responsible for any wrongdoing and we cannot understand why China and Korea refuse to accept that," he said.

"After Japan annexed the Korean Peninsula [in 1910], we spent a lot of money on infrastructure and education there to raise the living standard of people there to that of Japan," said Moteki. "Japan spent so much money that you could say it was the Koreans that exploited us."

He dismisses claims from hundreds of Korean women, a handful of whom survive to this day, that the military abducted them and forced them to work in frontline brothels.

Similarly, historic accounts of the events that unfolded in Nanjing are batted away as "communist propaganda."

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What surprises me is that Moteki, according to the article, was a history teacher. He should know better. Instead, his quotes sound like they come from someone who has not studied history, has not looked at the mountain of evidence refuting his views and has not listened to the interviews of both civilian survivors and veterans.

Anyway, I'd be shocked if Germany could do the same with their school material. It's illegal to deny the Holocaust happened, for example.
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What Lorenzo said. They are very apologetic about what occurred during the Holocaust.

It's mostly dumbasses from here that try to spread false shit about it.
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No
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Yeah I doubt it happens in Germany. Isn't it the case that doing a Nazi salute in public can get you thrown in jail or something?
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Piece of shit
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The Japanese have historically been kind to the Koreans. Just look.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimizuka
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Japan executed most of the people responsible for Japan's part in the war
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Irony posted...

Japan executed most of the people responsible for Japan's part in the war

actually japan with the help of america, was able to save the lives of many of their war criminals in exchange for research data
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By all accounts, Germany doesn't shy away from an honest reckoning with its history.
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Lol, classy.

WWII in Europe can easily be blamed on the Treaty of Versailles, though it's more a reason than a valid excuse. Britain and France fearful of losing their dominance was bad for tons of people, and eventually somebody was able to fight back. The problem was all the butthurt they caused led to Hitler...

Japan doesn't really have that kind of justification. They were warmongers and on the winning side of WWI. There was no "revenge cassis belli" due to being raked over the coals for a fight you didn't actually start.
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