Squorlple@lemmy.world to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · 9 months agoOopsy daisieslemmy.worldimagemessage-square115fedilinkarrow-up1794arrow-down127
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minus-squaredavel [he/him]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28arrow-down3·9 months agoNazi apologia. It doesn’t matter how many books he wrote or how good they were. Here’s how I read it: His Nazi past wasn’t discovered until after receiving literary awards, which was embarrassing to the literati, so they tried to whitewash him.
minus-squareToxicWaste@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·9 months agoGo and actually read about him! He was never proud of being an SS member, but never made a secret about it (hard to do as a POW of the Americans).
Nazi apologia. It doesn’t matter how many books he wrote or how good they were.
Here’s how I read it: His Nazi past wasn’t discovered until after receiving literary awards, which was embarrassing to the literati, so they tried to whitewash him.
Go and actually read about him! He was never proud of being an SS member, but never made a secret about it (hard to do as a POW of the Americans).