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Message:: [QUOTE="chrisild, post: 663648, member: 39"]Svein, interestingly the History Channel over here in DE has a somewhat different  and more diverse program. So quite obviously they adapt it to what the "locals" in various countries want to see. When it comes to the UK, for certain mass media (primarily yellow press and comedy shows) a war which ended 64 years ago is still not over yet. Seems to be a little different in the US, except maybe when people go to war (see Iraq), but all in all there aren't such problems. Right, most of those who live in Germany today were not even alive during the nazi years, but knowing about the past is very important for our present and future. Also but not only because we still have an active "neo-"nazi scene in several European countries including Germany. Oh, and a little more sensitivity would sometimes not hurt, for example in the case of Poland. Guess that in a few days there will be lots of articles and TV documentaries, "here" and "there", about WW2 which began 70 years ago, on 1-Sep-1939. But while in the case of WW1 it is difficult to determine the aggressor, that is very obvious with regard to "Hitler's" war. I suppose that a coin honoring somebody like Knut Hamsun - not simply "evil", not simply "good", but controversial - would probably be avoided in Germany. And you may know that this year is the 2000th anniversary of the Varus Battle. Was a coin issued in DE on that occasion? No, an "event" such as the IAAF (Athletics) Championship in Berlin was more important. Sports, phh. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Christian[/QUOTE]

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