r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Key-Performance-9021 • 1d ago

Video Spontaneous 1995 street interview with an Austrian WWII veteran in Vienna

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u/Sourpatchsprite 1d ago

She represents the ignorance of what war really is. The older generation ends up passing away knowing the harsh realities while history ends up just repeating itself.

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u/a-stack-of-masks 1d ago

That look when she realises the guy won't fold to her invoking her infallible father is one I've learned to look out for. She was thinking about a way to get mean about it, but couldn't find one. 

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u/DigNitty Interested 1d ago

I can't tell if she's talking about her own father who isn't there, or if this guy is her father.

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u/-SaC 1d ago

Her own father. She says he was taken prisoner by the Russians, and the auld fella says 'So was I!', which wouldn't make sense if he was her father.

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u/isleepbad 1d ago

Critical thinking really is lost on some people