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The past can help guide the present by showing us the error of our ways.
If we dont experience history as a whole, how will we ever learn from it?
It was a special edition and all.
I mean, overall, it was a compulsory lecture [at] that time.
But the woman was asked to apologize to her SIL for owning such inappropriate books.
Her mother kept hounding her to speak to her brothers girlfriend, while her father found the situation hilarious.
The author shared her perspective, saying, My fiance burns for this topic.
But calling me and demanding s**t is where I am not okay with things.
We need to understand the roots of genocide to identify patterns that provide warnings for current socio-political situations.
Knowledge can protect as well as be used for extreme ends.
[The book] is a historical source and therefore belongs in an archive or research institute.
Historians are also supposed to honor the integrity of the historical record.
They shouldnt fabricate evidence or seek to change thepastin any form.
Critically examining the past doesnt have to be a traumatic experience; it can be enlightening.
If it isnt done, there will always be questions and a fear of the unknown.
The practice of history is a defiance against forgetting the things that happened to people across theworld.
Thats why censorship can be so dangerous.
Just like the future SILs objection about the books being inappropriate, many old texts are treated as harmful.
Controlling or banning historical books does more harm than good.
Being sensitive tosocial issuesinvolves holding up a lens to such texts and critically examining what they are saying.
Thats why historians add footnotes to many old texts when they are reprinted and even contradict extremist sentiments.
This is what the poster had to say about the books, It had over 3500 annotations.
It is not just the book.
It is a scientific piece necessary for my fiances work.
If it makes people uncomfortable, thats amazing.
Its not work that should be aspired.
She also said, Germany takes everything surrounding that time very seriously, and nothing is allowed without contextualization.
The book is not banned.
It is not free to buy in its original form, tho.
you could buy it in its more scientific form.
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