tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post849379278105208227..comments2024-03-14T13:06:38.883+00:00Comments on cultural snow: Rhineland’s a fine land once moreTim Fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14681067872556519250noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-197832239524726902011-09-19T07:56:19.452+01:002011-09-19T07:56:19.452+01:00... except that Oscar Schindler WAS a Nazi. Ah wel...... except that Oscar Schindler WAS a Nazi. Ah well, you know what I mean...Philip Cartwrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11458571502536123264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-43505913987274631322011-09-19T07:53:54.403+01:002011-09-19T07:53:54.403+01:00Indeed. I was watching City of Life and Death the ...Indeed. I was watching City of Life and Death the other day (about the Rape of Nanking) and one of the main good guys is a kind of Nazi Oscar Schindler. That took a bit of getting used to!Philip Cartwrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11458571502536123264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-985179953003554992011-09-15T07:16:01.374+01:002011-09-15T07:16:01.374+01:00Sound point, Philip. And interestingly, although t...Sound point, Philip. And interestingly, although the Nazis would have regarded non-European races as inferior, they were quite prepared to do business with many of them (the Japanese of course; Arabs who were worried about Zionism; hardline Indian nationalists) if it advanced the overall interests of Germany. May be one reason why the racial politics have been downplayed in these parts.Tim Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14681067872556519250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-20940895777002192232011-09-14T17:30:01.355+01:002011-09-14T17:30:01.355+01:00Interesting point about how Hitler is regarded in ...Interesting point about how Hitler is regarded in more distant nations/cultures. I suspect that for Europeans part of Hitler's horror is that he was one of us. Therefore we have to sell him to ourselves as a monstrous aberration or else the view in the mirror becomes a bit uncomfortable.Philip Cartwrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11458571502536123264noreply@blogger.com