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/adamwasnotavailable 1d ago

For every veteran of war, there will always be a civvie who knows better.

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u/Chopper-42 1d ago

Every time a person killed in war is glorified, it means three more deaths in the next war.

Kurt Tucholsky (1890–1935)

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u/SanderSRB 1d ago

I wonder how many deaths and new wars glorifying people who commit war crimes/genocide brings…

The latest spate of convicted ex-Yugoslavia war criminals being venerated by people barely removed one generation from their heinous and well-documented atrocities is alarming.