theHoopty t1_ixqw87z wrote
Reply to comment by VreathEU in German foreign minister welcomes efforts to declare Holodomor genocide - spokesperson by hieronymusanonymous
Not AT ALL in the states. Because if we teach that Stalin is a monster, it throws cold water on our own portrayals of us as the liberators of Europe after WWII.
You can’t claim you’ve restored freedom to the European continent if you work out a political deal that effectively gives half of said continent to a murderous psychopath who has annihilated just as many people as the other bad guy.
I took AP history courses and we NEVER covered basically any Russian history.
[deleted] t1_ixru8ei wrote
>Not AT ALL in the states
Oh, I’m sorry, did you attend high school in every US state?
I absolutely learned about this because I am from a state that funds its schools.
acer34p3r t1_ixsvrpp wrote
This is the first I've heard of the Holodomor Genocide, never before covered it in AP high school level history courses or in college level history courses.
WillKuzunoha t1_ixtjdms wrote
Because it was a crackpot theory developed by an anti communist with an agenda who had to refute his own claims because of lack of evidence.
VreathEU t1_ixqwrry wrote
Fair point. Germany was split, so I guess we have a very special perspective on it all.
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