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Germany launches a Comic Book on the Holocaust

Topic started on 1-2-2008 @ 10:34 AM by DimensionalDetective
Germany launches a COMIC BOOK on the Holocaust www.reuters.com BERLIN (Reuters) - German schools will launch a comic book next week that aims to teach above all underprivileged children about the Nazi era and the Holocaust. Although German schools already make a big effort to give pupils a thorough education about the Nazi era, racist violence remains a problem, and the revival of Germany's Jewish community has brought a rise in anti-Semitism with it (visit the link for the full news article) Mod edit: Mod Edit: All Caps – Please Review This Link. [edit on 2/1/2008 by Gools]
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reply posted on 1-2-2008 @ 10:34 AM by DimensionalDetective
Oh boy...This should be sure to ruffle some feathers. Although it's supposed to be educational, making a fictional comic book in the country that spawned the atrocities might not be the wisest move. www.reuters.com (visit the link for the full news article)
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reply posted on 1-2-2008 @ 10:37 AM by Gools
What's wrong here? The fact that it's a comic book? Should Germany just ignore the whole thing and NOT teach it's kids about what happened? Have you read the materials? Has anyone? Why is this news? I don't see the problem. . [edit on 2/1/2008 by Gools]
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reply posted on 1-2-2008 @ 10:41 AM by DimensionalDetective
reply to post by Gools Comic books are for entertainment. I think they could have picked a more serious venue. Brochures, history books, etc...I just don't know that it's done in the best taste to turn it into a comic book. I guess we'll have to wait and see what the material is like to make the final decision on it.
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reply posted on 1-2-2008 @ 10:46 AM by Djarums
reply to post by DimensionalDetective Oh, I don't know... Ever read Maus?
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reply posted on 2-2-2008 @ 07:58 AM by Shar
Ok, I understand about teaching history to children this is a good thing. However, putting it in a form of a comic book and using fiction rather than non-fiction sort of downplays what actually happened. I mean why not use a true life story of a survivor and put it in a normal style book? Why downplay this in a cartoon comic form and use fiction rather than non-fiction?
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reply posted on 21-2-2008 @ 07:43 AM by yeahright
Looks like there's a link to this thread from another source here- www.associatedcontent.com...
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reply posted on 21-2-2008 @ 08:30 AM by vox2442
Germany is not launching anything - both the OP and the Reuters article are a bit misleading (although to be fair, the OP is just quoting here). The book is published by the Anne Frank House in the Netherlands - and it`s been available from them, with teaching guides, in Dutch, English, Polish, German and Hungarian since late 2007. It`s a sequel to a graphic novel they did in 2003. German schools are simply adopting it as a supplementary. Now seriously, how likely is it that the Anne Frank House Museum would be attempting to put out anything that glosses over the Holocaust?
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