Memorial stone for the Prisoner-of-War Camp Rheinberg 1945. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
Memorial stone for the Prisoner-of-War Camp Rheinberg 1945. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
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Americans are routinely called upon to reckon with the darkest chapters of their history. The institution of slavery, Jim Crow laws, and the internment of Japanese Americans during World War Two: these are subjects of documentaries, school curricula, museum exhibitions, and public apology. That reckoning, however uncomfortable, is broadly accepted as necessary. Yet there is one group whose treatment at American hands is almost never inserted into this conversation: the Germans. (more…)