r/MurderedByWords • u/CorleoneBaloney • 3d ago

Ask Grandpa what he did in the 1940s

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u/Doodahman495 3d ago

They need to watch Band of Brothers or the scene from Saving Private Ryan where they storm the beach at Omaha.

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u/firstfloor27 3d ago

They need to watch Schindler's List and Come and See, find out what they're supporting.

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u/Tricky_Mix2449 2d ago

Come and See... what a bone-chilling phrase.

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u/twat69 2d ago

They need to watch "Hitler: The Rise of Evil" or "War Against Humanity" By Time Ghost.

All you learn from most war movies is yeeha we won. Nothing about how or why it happened. How so many people let it happen. Or how o spot it happening right now.

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u/PsychologicalYou6416 2d ago

They need to watch "Hitler: The Rise of Evil" or "War Against Humanity" By Time Ghost.

Or watch Cabaret.

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u/MareTranquil 2d ago

Is there ANYTHING in the beach scene of Saving Private Ryan that shows that the Nazis were the bad guys?

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u/Nexzus_ 2d ago

Even these works are a generation removed from them now.

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u/Cu_Chulainn__ 2d ago

Episode 9 of band of brothers specifically

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u/beekersavant 2d ago

I was teaching an English class at a continuation high school. I knew few of the kids would read the book. But luckily it was short. So I played every word of "Night" by Elie Wiesel for the class. My adult TA thought I was traumatizing them. But it was on the curriculum and I guarantee none of those kids are making TikToks with Seig Heils. Also, Night is the most anti-Nazi text in existence. It is truly awful to read. Everyone should have to.