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Originally Posted by Ostfriese
However, you often get to hear things you won't like. One of my RE teachers was a concentration camp survivor, and he had a way to tell about his experience without bitterness - which actually made listening to his stories even worse.
I also had several teachers who were drafted into the Wehrmacht towards the end of the war while still being very young, and even though they only ever told us bits and pieces it was very obvious that there's no glory in war. Probably the most important lesson I learned at school.
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No doubt you do and hear some of these first hand stories from WWII which makes one sad, but it's part of our history and can't be undone. We can only take steps to prevent it from happening again.
Markus