A Letter From Winston Churchill’s Disappointed Mother

Re:A Letter From Winston Churchill’s Disappointed Mother by jsiepkes on Saturday September 29, 2018 @01:52AM (#18098914)

> The real thing that put Hitler in power to begin with was the horrendous war reparations Germany was saddled with from WW1 because it was "last man standing" on the losing side.

I live in the Netherlands and I remember being thought that in school as one of the reasons of Hitlers rise to power.

The Dutch wikipage [1] of the Versailles treaty also reflects this in a section called "consequences of the treaty" (De gevolgen van het verdrag).

[1] https://nl.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verdrag_van_Versailles_(1919...

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Re:A Letter From Winston Churchill’s Disappointed Mother by mintplant on Thursday October 11, 2018 @01:56AM (#18191231)

Same, in the US (Louisiana and then California).

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Re:A Letter From Winston Churchill’s Disappointed Mother by robhu on Thursday October 11, 2018 @03:25AM (#18191535)

This was also part of my UK education on why Hitler rose to power.

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Re:A Letter From Winston Churchill’s Disappointed Mother by flosim on Saturday September 29, 2018 @02:55AM (#18099067)

I was also taught in French schools that the Versailles "diktat" was a good reason why Hitler rose to power.

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Re:A Letter From Winston Churchill’s Disappointed Mother by DoreenMichele on Saturday September 29, 2018 @02:50AM (#18099054)

Thank you. The English translation of that section ends with:

On October 3, 2010 were the last debt repaid by the Germans.

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