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Cake day: August 5th, 2024

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  • I disagree with the monument itself, but to also remember the victims of the socialist dictatorships (Holodomor, big leap forward, red Khmer, and many others) is not a bad thing. And why there? Because the places where it happened might not want to remember them, e.g. look at Russia and how it handles it Soviet Union past.

    While it’s on the fascist side instead of the socialist, Berlin for example has a monument to the forced prostitution during Japanese colonialism. And Germany was not involved there either, but it’s still worthwhile to remember it, since Japan tries to hide it.




  • I really like Karambolage, it is a lets call it documentary which shows german-french peculiarities, like food, history or just how certain expressions developed. It is always with a little wink about our local uniqueness and tries to explain one side to the other. If you speak german or french, I highly recommend it.

    One example from memory which always get used as example by our family if we try to explain it:

    There was once a german-french kindergarten and in the winter the children were told to form groups and build snowmen. The groups made up of only german children played nicely and the groups of only french children played nicely, but the mixed groups somehow all got into an argument. The teachers then found out why: in Germany, the snowmen is made up of 3 snow balls, 1 for the legs, 1 for the torso and 1 for the head. But in France, a snowman only has 2 snowballs: 1 Torso and 1 Head. And the children tried to explain to the other ones, that of course they were right and the other side wrong.

    I always hoped that something like Karambolage comes from every country and then they get shown to the others. This way we all learn about each other. And most imporant thing to learn: we are all human and not so different in the end.