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2. An Easy Way to Understand how Awful These Confederate Statues Are

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Mon Jun 29, 2020, 10:20 PM

Jun 2020

Does Germany keep statues up of Himmler and Hitler and Goebbels? How would I feel in Germany if my relatives were murdered by the Nazis and I had to walk around today and everyday and see statues of these monsters still up everywhere? I would be incredibly upset and angry. We don't need to honor these monsters to learn about this awful history.

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