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80 years after Germany surrendered, we're still learning the real lessons of World War II

JL;DR SUMMARY Eighty years after the end of World War II, the lessons of the conflict continue to resonate, illustrating both the horrific depths of human violence and the complexities of moral ambiguity. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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AuschwitzHolocaustWorld War IiNazisFascismDecolonizationHiroshimaEthical DilemmasAlliesMoral Complicity

Places mentioned

Germany
"Eighty years after Germany surrendered, we're still learning the real lessons of World War II"
New York, United States
"A New York Times newsboard announces Germanys surrender"
Hiroshima, Japan
"Hiroshima warned against the potential for technological annihilation"
Nagasaki, Japan
"These places became familiar after the war as bywords for the terrible material and moral capacities of human beings."
Auschwitz, Lesser Poland, Poland
"Auschwitz should have alerted the whole world to its own moral complicity in Nazi Germanys massacre of Jews."
France
"the deportation of Jews in France and the Netherlands, and the crushing indifference of Jews neighbors to their plight across Europe."
Netherlands
"the deportation of Jews in France and the Netherlands, and the crushing indifference of Jews neighbors to their plight across Europe."
Ukraine
"This was the wartime story in Ukraine, in the Philippines, and in China."
Philippines
"This was the wartime story in Ukraine, in the Philippines, and in China."
China
"This was the wartime story in Ukraine, in the Philippines, and in China."
United Kingdom
"The Allies declared victory in Europe on May 8, 1945."
Shubuta, Mississippi, United States
"the lynching of two Black boys in Shubuta, Mississippi, in October, 1942."
Birmingham, Alabama, United States
"John Temple Graves, a newspaper columnist in Birmingham, Alabama, said on a national radio broadcast"

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