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Got taught in german school, time to share how ww2 was taught. It was pretty early in my education i think that the nazis were first brought up, and that in many different subjects. Like talking about musicians and writers that were fleeing in german and music class. In grade 9 it was the main topic, and we analysed many things fron the time, like actual nazi speeches which made the entire stupidity of them obvious, a big part of it was easily disproven. The most central part was a visit to a concentration camp, and this is were most of my impressions came from. It was the one in Dachau, so it wasnt even a murdercamp but a labour one, a teacher who was in Aushwitz described how Dachau is tame in comparison. We went through the path a prisoner would take, everything filled with information. It started with the entrance gate, which encompassed the words : Arbeit macht frei (work makes free), absolutely disgusting. It apparently was stolen at one point and found on a trash deposit, quite fitting. We then went through the recieving hall, where things from the time were shown. Them we went to where the prisoners were kept, no place for privacy, hundreds of wooden floors serving as beds, one didnt have one inch to move. Then some extra cells, more space, but with horrendous torture i wont describe further. And then the incinerator. We went from the first room, posing as shower room and looking innocent, but being a gas chamber in truth to one giant furnace where many bodies could be burnt. It was just one, but the sheer size was hollowing, and it wasnt even a annihilation camp. It left a lasting impression, especially since i realised that this would certainly where id end up during that time when reading through the association with all the symbol on the prisoners clothes. They all had uniform clothes with a triangle on the side, its colour showing why one was there, and it had a second triangle forming a star when one was jewish. After that topic we discussed how the process of denazification worked in the allied parts of germany, also seeing how it wasnt done properly in east germany where the soviet union was in control, simply prohibiting it without confronting people with the past crimes. We also got shown the extent of their experiments with children, of which starving them to death was a tame one. They literally barely looked human after those, its literally destroying faith in humanity. Another experience was visiting a synagogue nearby. We had to be checked beforehand, they didnt want any nazis in there. We went through an underground tunnel on that the names of that synagogues holocaust victims were written, and it just went on seemingly forever. I even spotted some familiar and famous names, like what feels like the whole Einstein family, and many Shoenbergs. The synagogue itself was very pretty, decorated with some hebrew texts. In conclusion i think that the most memorable moments in education are experiences like that, that many seem to be missing (an aunt of mine for example, who compared our lousy covid measures with the holocaust) so theres still much room for improvement. Hope this was helpful in gaining insight into how germany teaches ww2. We also discussed how it was teached in school itself and many said, that it should have been done earlier as most of us were around 16, and at that age bad connections in ones life could already have shaped ones view too much.

I think the craziest thing was that Bethesda got some flak for how willfully and joyfully they were killing and disrespecting Nazis and their response was effectively, "Yeah... They're freaking Nazis ..."

So I can't confirm this but I think Jimmy Hendrix is in Wolfenstein, (there's a guy named "J" who is into psychedelics, rock music, philosophy, etc) conversations with him are used as a way to address how America was doing segregation and oppression as well. Wolfenstein is deeper than it looks, never feels forced or preachy.

one of the funniest injokes of wolfenstein, lampshaded frequently via ingame dialog, is that the man with the absolute biggest most raging murder-boner against nazis is himself the perfect arian ultra chad. His superior looks grant him instant access to many high security places without him knowing a word of german. The scenes are hilarious.

I remember going into Wolfenstein: The New Order and expecting a big silly dumb fun action game. It was a lot more somber and introspective, and the protag's characterization was way stronger than i expected. Immensely pleasant surprise Obvs i hadnt seen the trailers, I based this off some of the action shooty gameplay i saw

This game is like Doom, but instead of slaying demons, you slay nazis

Wolfenstein started all the way back in 1981 with Castle Wolfenstein an action-adventure game that was developed by Muse Software. In 1992 came Wolfenstein 3D developed by the now iconic id Software behind such games as Quake and Doom, Wolfenstein 3D being regarded as the grandfather of the First Person Shooter genre. Some similar games to the modern fps genre pre date Wolfenstein 3D like MIDI Maze but Wolfenstein 3D created the formula the overall archetype that carried over into all future FPS from id's future games such as Doom and Quake all the way up to games like Call of Duty and Halo. Wolf 3D was followed by the amazing Doom just one year later in 1993 was better in every way and then came Quake in 1996 which was the first true-3D game to use a special map design system that pre-processed and pre-rendered some elements of the 3D environment. Wolfenstein and Doom were actually 2D games using tricks to make the game appear 3D very convincing but it's the reason you can't look up or down in Doom. 2D games Castle Wolfenstein Gameplay - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-nq1blhsGD5w.html Wolfenstein 3D Gameplay - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-x8o0a5ntxfc.html Doom - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-iFnOLFd_ByQ.html 3D Game Quake Gameplay - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-MkED3x0TjYU.html

"Being a true patriot is seeing how your Country can be better and loving it anyways." -- Hannah Paisley. This is why you're a writer. Fire ass quote, Hannah. Keep on being awesome. Much love.

The wildest thing is, even though it looks like mindless action in the trailers, it has some amazing characters and commentary. It's often hilarious, but also poignant and relevant, and it completely revels in the B-movie schlock it draws a lot of inspiration from.

Here’s a fun lore fact: with New Order set in the 60s, they had Jimi Hendrix be a side protagonist alongside your character. He even plays his version of the Star Spangled Banner in the game.

Best line in the series: “You're among wolves now, and these are our woods” it’s a very good series, I hope you get the chance to check out the cutscenes

One of the people who worked on the games (I cant remember who said it) said that the Nazis are the perfect video game enemy because everyone has no problem with killing Nazis

Wolfenstein is so good at not letting anyone off the hook for complacency in the face of nazism and definitely acknowledges that America was not historically as anti-nazi as people like to believe. Time after time, the main character is confronted with the fact that women, black people, gay people, disabled people and jewish people were not treated well even before WW2, and they are NOT fighting to go back to 'business as usual'. The cutscenes are actually so good I think you could get a decent overview of the story through it and I would give it a try. BJ is the main character and he's got a fascist father and a jewish mother. They do some really cool stuff with his arc.

The Wolfenstein series is the story of William "BJ/Terror-Billy" Blazkowicz and how (after spending almost a decade in a vegetative state after an assault on a Nazi fortress) returns to a world that has changed greatly, ala Captain America, but for the worse as Nazis have conquered Europe and America by using futuristic technology based on hidden artifacts they uncovered that allowed them to win the War. BJ goes on a rampage of Nazi killing to stop them and succeeds in immortalising himself as a living legend known as Terror-Billy that inspires hope in the free people of the world and instills fear in all things Nazi.

The song that starts playing at 10:45 sounds like a german version of "House of the Rising Sun" by The Animals in 1964. The date seems to align with the decade that this game takes place. If it is the same song, I think its amazing that they switched it to german to signfy how the entire world has changed under Nazi occupation!

The main character bj blazkowitz is Jewish American but looks extremely like an ideal Nazi Aryan he's built af with white skin and blonde hair and blue eyes but is actively fighting against the Nazis when he could easily just pass as Aryan

There is also a Netflix TV Show called "A Man In The High Castle", it's very similar to some extent to Wolfenstein series. *EDIT: Oh you're mentioned it in the video, nvm.*

I think you would like to watch Jacob Geller's video titled Judaism, Whiteness and Wolfenstein, as he goes really in depth on the themeing of both games and the Main characters purpose within the setting. Both games really don't shy away from the hypocricy that was America's ideology during the second world war.

One more thing: In wolfenstein 2, you're apparently allowed to beat Hitler to death, like there's an option to melee kill him. You die for it but it's worth it.

"Gimme a rebellion story." I recommend a couple XCOM 2 videos. XCOM 2 is a strategy game and the trailers don't have a lot of story in them. The following videos together is equivalent to the first chapter in a book. Also I recommend Honest Game Trailers video for the laughs. Part 1: XCOM 2 Opening Cinematic ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-TGIDNPTIx08.html Part 2: XCOM 2 Rescuing the Commander Cutscene ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-J8Ojshd-_dA.html Bonus: XCOM (Honest Game Trailers) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-qehLhqLx6Ak.html

I feel like it depends on what state you're in when it comes to learning history in the US. In California I did learn about the persecution and relocation of Native Americans (although they do kinda skip over the whole genocide part), I leaned about Japanese internment camps and so on.

Honestly, I don't think there are many powerful countries that are entirely honest about themselves when it comes to history. I'm British, and very little of the history I learned in school dwelled on any era or event for long enough to get more than a superficial glimpse. The longest single era covered was 1918-1945... but our lessons covered *Germany* in that period, mainly as a cautionary tale to show how Nazism rose and fell.

Bethesda has produced both Wolfenstien and Doom, which are both remakes of old games. They took games that were classics but not know for their stories and characters and gave BJ and Doom Guy personalities. They have both turned out to be great games again.

I'll say, as a Georgian, I got lucky! My school happened to be one of the few that had the IB program, and it essentially replaced AP on the heirarchy of difficulty so I got put into the IB classes. My IB history classes were honestly my favorite of all of them, my Teacher was this awesome guy who didn't pull his punches when it came to reality. He did some crazy things like Making us debate AS the countries engaged in different time periods, I was personally given Nazi Germany and I had to learn about everything they did so that I could debate WW2 US and the others, I managed to win the debate cause my opponents really flubbed it, but I think everybody learned what really happened. Same thing with the Natives, the Japanese internment camps, the Black Panthers, all the groups the US shattered with violence.

Those who don't study history are doomed to repeat it. Those who do study history are doomed to watch helplessly as everyone else repeats it.

The main character of Wolfenstein, B. J. Blazkowicz, is basically Captain America with an an axe and guns. What's interesting about Wolfenstein is that the characters openly acknowledge how easily America can give into toxic ideals. Seen in the first trailer, New York got nuked by the Nazis, and America immediately surrendered and quickly adopted the Nazi's ways of life. Wolfenstein actually has a pretty good story as it recognizes the flaws of the modern world while allowing people to kick their feet up and kill some Nazi bastards.

Love the bit in the second game where an aged Hitler is a paranoid and incontinent geezer who clearly has dementia from all the amphetamine abuse the Nazis were using towards the end of WW2

I was completely taken off guard by these games. They are so cinematic and alive with character, it sometimes did feel like a movie! So much depth in them too in everything you find in-game.

8:48 haus in neu Berlin(house in new Berlin) original song: house of the rising sun

i don't know if it's still canon these days, but in old wolfenstain 3d and doom, blazkovic had a grandson who then become "commander keen" (with his platform games serie) and the doomguy from doom is a descendent of commander keen. Basically, the Blazkovic lineage ripped and teared through the ages

America: "The war of 1812 wasn't actually a war, it was just a small military incursion that didn't succeed." Canada: "🎵 The white house burned, burned, burned, and we're the ones that did it! It burned burned burned, while the president ran and cried!🎵" (Thought TBF and historically impartial, Canada wasn't its own thing at the time, so it was technically Canada as part of the British empire who won.)

I live in germany and i am going to the 9th class(freshman i think). We learn pretty much everything what happened in and before world war 2. We know what happened but we also all know that it was not our fault we get taught that we are the future and that we are responsible to make germany great and not let the things that happened in the past happen again.

❤️ the history chat. I really liked the between mission rests that they used for character interactions.

Did you know Neo Nazis got mad about this game

Love the tangents Hannah looking forward to the next vid. If you haven't already the "Assasins Creed Unity" Trailer and "This War of Mine" Trailer are kinda nice.

For the US, it really depends on the State you live in. For example, I’m from New York, and I’ve spent a lot of time on slavery, the civil war, the Trail of Tears, and American imperialism during the Cold War. I know in a lot of other states, these topics can be suppressed, or completely removed at worst.

This was such a good game. Wasn’t expecting the somber, thoughtful tone, the level of emotional and political intelligence, or the level of absolute gleeful cruelty with which they allow their characters to dispatch fuckin’ Nazis. Also a surprisingly sweet game with a well written and understated love story.

I like how in this alternate universe they also had alternate versions of songs like in the second trailer “haus in neu berlin” (house in new berlin) is the alternate version of house of the rising sun

"The only good Nazi is..." etc. And ya know, one can actually choose not to be a Nazi. Amazing, I know.

I think the best part is the main character fits the "ideal German" yet he is Jewish.

As a german I can confirm that World War 2 is a pretty huge chapter in german history classes and we got told all the brutal things the germans did back then like systematically killing millions of jews like they even told us all the Details about concentration camps etc. So Germany really wants to make sure that doesnt happen again. I think thats a pretty good thing because Germany compared to the us. for example actually admits their mistakes and stands up for them

Finally been waiting for someone to react to these

"Violently un-self-aware" sums it up pretty nicely down here. What you learn, how much, and how well can vary wildly from state to state (we don't have a unified federal standard) and the quality of the teachers you get from primary school through high school. Prime example being whether you come from a learning about the "U.S. Civil War" place or a learning about "The War of Northern Aggression" place. Couple that with the fact that since there are 50 different sets of standards for education book publishers don't want to waste time and money developing 50 different sets of history books, science books, etc. Texas being the largest market in the South has basically been able to set the standard for what goes into school books for a huge swath of the country (i.e. if it doesn't offend Texas it will sell to schools in other places with similar demographics). On top of that, in general, across the whole country even if you have a decent education in public school there is kind of a zeitgeist where we don't teach unpleasant things in elementary school and it's seen as kind of a preserving innocence thing because they'll learn the bad stuff when it's more age appropriate in high school. Then maybe in high school you get some fuzzy details about some bad stuff in the past with a "but we know better now" and anyway you'll learn about these things more in depth when you get to university (if you pursue U.S. history)...and you can kind of see where I'm going and why our civil war gets used as kind of a general bellwether in the discourse about history and education down here so much. Not to mention why certain factions are so hell bent on worming their way into the university system to "reform" higher-ed standards. What was the video about again? I couldn't stop thinking about your opening comments.

The United States is very hit or miss when it comes to teaching about our atrocities because we don’t have a universal curriculum for all schools. Each school district sets its own curriculum. So you’ll have some schools that are just as aggressive as German schools with telling you about all the terrible things America has done, and then you have some schools that will straight-up deny that Native American genocide even happened.

a common quote in history circles is, "Germany has never been able to forget the war. on the other hand Japan has been forced to forget it."

A little thing I like in the Wolfenstein series is the little interactions the NPC's (non-playable-characters) have (especially the nazis). For example you might get two nazi soldiers casually talking about their lunch break and things of that manner, which really helps to humanize them, in a way. I know how this might sound but stay with me, I think it is very important to show that nazis are just that, humans. I feel like quite a lot of media ignores this human factor, making the nazis feel very alien and forgetting that they were not some demons from another dimension, but humans, which is precisely what I find so terrifying about the nazis (and other ideologies as well). The thought that essentially normal people can become so horribly horribly corrupted and commit such acts is in my opinion of the most important takeaways from history, because if we not recognize that this can happen again, how are we supposed to stop it? little book recommandation at the end: the book "ordinary men" is worth a read, it is very terrifying and left me sick to my stomach at times, but it does a very good job at highlighting exactly what I said in my comment. So if you are ready to be horrified, read "ordinary men".

"Oh, there's no way Hannah will like this, it's way too violent." A love of watching Nazi's get theirs is universal, apparently. You have yourself a wonderful day!

6:37 "when your country commits atrocities how do you teach that history ?" USA : freedom

During the "history chat" I was thinking like. American schools: We stoped the second World war and saved the world. Me: what about the civilians in Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

A lot of shooters started as historical representations of wars! Call of Duty, Medal of Honor, Battlefield, even Assassin's Creed use historical facts on their games It's to see you enjoying all this 😌

The reason they are called The Terror Twins is because their father from the previous games, William Blazkowicz, was nicknamed Terror Billy by the Nazis who feared him.

I was coming back to this video and I absolutely love the tangent you went on how history is told in various parts of the world, especially pertaining to WW2 between the US and Germany. It does feel like a lotta education, or historical systems in parts of the US really don't wanna paint the US as also having those same issues that were prevalent in that specific time as well. And take this from a native American, the reservation a major part of my family had lived DEFINITELY told a different perspective on that history, especially not just pertaining to the actions of soldiers and armies, but also the inaction of local and federal governments when it came to how badly all tribes were treated.

I'd absolutely love to watch you react to some of the actual Wolfenstein The New Order cutscenes, Hannah! I love your input and think you would definitely enjoy them.

I'm from Charlotte, North Carolina and graduated High School in 2013. In our public high school history courses, there was at least a week to 2 weeks dedicated to the history of slavery and the Civil rights Era each. We also had optional courses that were completely devoted to African American studies, History of the Holocaust and Native American history. I'm sure that's not everywhere, but thought it was of note since we are still the South.

I'm born 1995 and i can tell you, when we were at school, it was not just WW2 but also WW1 that was pretty intense (since it was seen as a prelude to WW2). And i can still remember that we were taught that WW1 was Germanys full fault (which i do not agree with, WW1 started due to a great deal of factors, one could play the blame game forever on that)

Thank you for speaking your mind, especially in light of what's going on in Ottawa at the moment.

i am more than obsessed with your videos im binging all of them 😭😭

It's interesting - despite the many games dealing with WW2 there are only two games I remember that cover the matter of concentration camps and the Holocaust in more than a superficial way. These games are both alternative history, where the creators could have taken the easy way and picked a narrative that ommited this dark part of history: Valkyria Chronicles and Wolfenstein: New Order.

The game also has commentary on how America's racism inspired alot of the Nazi framework for the final solution. I love politics in my games!

Love the history dialogue! Wolfenstein has a great way of elaborating the strength behind diversity and why the fascist worldview is ultimately limited by its hate.

Absolutely love these games

15:40 Yeah in the 2nd game Colosus, BJ's wife was pregnant of twins This game happens in the 80's( alternate dystopian 80's) where the 2 girls are the protagonists... And its bad... Like really fucking bad... From start to finish the game is a cringe inducing nightmare..., the gameplay is stale and not much was improved, but the dialogues and interactions and banter between the two during the game, just makes you wanna tear your own ears off and gouge your own eyeballs... The person who wrote these dialogues, is someone that has no idea on how siblings actually interact with each others... And it completly kills the game and any interest you have in it, its a freakin torture. Wich is a shame cause the basic premise looked fun, you know? an alternate version of the 80's, and ni one was really against the Twins idea, but its so poorly executed... I don't remember if its the same studio who made the 2 prior games, maybe thats why there is such a shift, but it is NOT a very popular entry in the series.

The us schools education varies wildly county to county. In some cases city to city or even block to block. Live in a rural republican state you are lucky to learn anything about science. Live in a democratic state in a wealthy area and few things will be overlooked in history and science. It's pretty mind blowing how unequal the current state of US school education is.

Now that i know you're a history buff i kinda would love to see you reacting to some more history stuff, related to games or not

As a german i was sooo fascinated by the music they made for this game! They made like the Beatles for example.. but german! Or the song used in the 2nd Trailer.. that's House of the rising Sun.. but in german. That was so interesting to hear ingame! :D

11:32 Such a quote worthy statement. ❤️ from America

The way history is taught in different regions of the US, and Alabama is probably one of the worst examples of it. Most of the country condemns that flag, but for some reason there's a lot of people that cling to it with "pride."

5:00 in Wolfenstein: New Order, released in 2014 developed by Machine Games, it's set first in 1946 and the rest set in 1961 after the Nazis won the battle.

I also love historical and alternate history settings, this game is mostly about the satisfaction of killing Nazis in gruesome ways but it does have pretty awesome characters. Frau Engel was one of the best villains I'd seen in a while. Youngblood is actually a co-op game where you and a friend can play each sister.

There's videos by Potential History where he goes into how in over their heads Germany was called Germany Could Not Win WW2, he did 2 parts and it really sheds light on how absolutely insane the Nazis were

I'm such a fan of Wolfenstein and I played some games from the franchise. Thanks again for posting Hannah. Love from Puerto Rico 🇵🇷

It is normal in Europe that they teach history better, there is more material to learn 😃

I don't know about other places but I go to school in Missouri, and we have been taught about slavery, civil war, civil rights, treatment of natives, and all of these things have been condemned (excluding civil rights those are obviously great) while I'm sure we could be doing more in recent history the teaching is much better than what it has been.

You should consider watching the cutscenes from the games for the channel. They are amazing!

For those who missed it, the music in the second trailer was a weird German version of "House of the rising sun" (The Animals)

old wolfenstein games: pathos, war, seriousness young blood: haha, sister let's kill a couple of nazis and take a selfie, haha, the power of women! PS the new order 90% positive ratings, collosus 87%, femblood 45%...

Awkward tidbit about the World War 2 kiss photo you can't unlearn: The woman was Greta Zimmer Friedman, and they were strangers to each other. He kissed her without permission, but in an interview with her said she didn't see any harm in it. "It wasn't that much of a kiss, it was more of a jubilant act that he didn't have to go back" Her interview can be found on Veterans History Project.

The New Order, a mod for Hearts of Iron 4, follows an alternate history world similar to this, where the Germans won ww2. However, the world of Hoi4: The New Order is more of a cold-war scenario between America and Germany much like America and the USSR was in our timeline.

And I have to listen to Sabaton again... not complaining just an observation

If you like history then I highly recommend the Civilization VI trailers Civilization VI Launch Trailer: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-5KdE0p2joJw.html Civilization VI Rise and Fall: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-IOT9T15mkX0.html Civilization VI Gathering Storm: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-trNUE32O-do.html

Speaking to the War of 1812, as a USian visiting Ottawa a few years ago I was extremely disappointed that the War of 1812 memorial wasn't a depiction of the burning of the White House. Cause honestly I think you should really lean into that.

Canadian here, your remarks about residential schools were true maybe 15 years ago or so, but the last 3 generations of students (me included) talk about it extensively at all ages in great detail every year. It's no longer something the younger generations have to study on their own anymore. But thanks for acknowledging it!

The protagonist, B.J. Blazkowicz, is actually the ancestor of the protagonist from the Doom games you reacted to a while back (B.J. Blazkowicz III I think but I am probably wrong). A cool little detail that most people don't seem to know about unless they played the original Wolfenstein/Doom games from the 90s. So yes, the man killing nazis in the trailers is responsible for the genetics of someone who is basically, for all intents and purposes, a god. On a side note, anyone else remember the "Wolfenstein turns people into nazis" controversy from a while back? Gaming journalism didn't get bad, it was just never good.

US history class definitely has some rose colored glasses over it. I live in one of the most racist cities in North Carolina. It's terrifying and sickening and I always watch myself and never say anything about my views on civil rights/politics because I actually fear for my safety sometimes. It's really bad here.

Excitement is infectious!

I actually loved your commentary. Very true. Its stuff we all need think about. Yiu probably wont react to it because it's not a video game trailer, but I highly recommend Jacob Geller's video essay on wolfenstein. It gies through the themes of the games and how they actually did their homework on a lot of these issues. Even if you watched it on your own time I'd highly suggest you do so. One of the best video essays out there

Similar story history wise in South Africa. The way Apartheid is taught. Primary school was basically earlier south african history and colonialism. High school was divided between South African history and Global History. The South African history section focused on the Second Anglo Boer war and the Anglo Zulu War and then Apartheid. We also do the Civil Rights Movement and Black Power as well, especially since their is a large overlap between Black Power and Black Consciousness in South Africa.

Laughes in learning over student comfort in my school system

I remember you experiencing Doom in another video It's speculated that Doom Guy/Doom Marine/Doom Slayer is "Stan Blazkowicz" Great Great Grandson of B. J. Blazkowicz

also the song from the second trailer is "house of the rising sun" but in German. It's a very American song that Nazi's made German (in this timeline), which is extremely accurate to the lore that these new wolfenstein games highlight literally all the time.

Saw the trailer a few times, but I didn't know about 3:39. Thanks.

Say hello to the grandfather of all first-person shooter games, Dear Hanna This game made a new generation of ray-casting 2D-based 3D games, it's more than the game Frances

I went to school in the border region close to France and Luxemburg (on the German side). As a kid I played in the ruins of the destroyed bunkers in the woods, so the subject was someting I learned about very soon. In school, the holocaust was not just taught in History, but most of the books we had to read for school were about holocaust victims or similar stories aswell. (Der Junge im gestreiften Pyjama, Als Hitler das rosa Kaninchen stahl,...). And as a german, thats haunting. Not just because you know how much you have in common with the people that did this (speaking the same language, culture and so on, not politically) but because you knew that this is the only thing most people will ever know you for. Understanding how much it horrifies them because of how shaken you were when you heard of it. It was only when I started studying history at university that I really learned how much more layers of gray there were to the german people of the third reich. Many monsters, but many heroes too. It was the first time I realised that being a german did not just mean being part of the legacy of a tyrant, but also of those who opposed him and those who had no choice.

Doom guy on WW2 🤣🤣🤣

Your rant wasn’t anti American. The US has a lot of issues with dealing with it’s past. Like the “lost cause” myth that claims the American Civil war wasn’t because of slavery and the south was the victim of “Northern Aggression.” That myth is one of the reasons that confederate flag was in that park you saw.

The concept of an alternate universe where the Nazis win has alway been interesting to me they where never going to win WW2 .

There’s also Wolfenstein Old Blood which is a prequel to New Order. It’s focused on the Paranormal Division and leads up to new order

Well i am german and back in school we learned basically everything about Hitlers uprising and everything important in the european theatre, something about the north african campaign and Pearl harbor. I would say it took almost one school year haha. Oh and our teacher made it clear that not every german in WW2 was actually a nazi ^^

You know the devs had balls of steel to have a swastika arm band in public just for a video game

What i consider funny is how Nazis don't notice William Blazkowicz is Polish-jew and instead they see him as perfect example of aryan man