Yes to be clear I had heard of the totenkoph or the deaths head before. But it took till this false controversy surrounding it and looking at it. That I realized that I’d seen it other places as well. But didn’t know what it was even though I knew the name. Your average person knows far less than even that. Which is why, wherever mass media is reporting on it. Or whenever someone trying to manipulate people emotionally speaks of it. They always frame it as Nazi tattoo. Leaving people to imagine unambiguous or well known symbols like the swastika.
@andxz@Eldritch Education is important and in 6th grade, I was in a good school but in this country, I never heard of it (maybe it was my lack of hearing but I don’t think so).
I just read about Totenkpf. Better late than never. I lost relatives in the camps but it was just not brought up with the kids.
Yes to be clear I had heard of the totenkoph or the deaths head before. But it took till this false controversy surrounding it and looking at it. That I realized that I’d seen it other places as well. But didn’t know what it was even though I knew the name. Your average person knows far less than even that. Which is why, wherever mass media is reporting on it. Or whenever someone trying to manipulate people emotionally speaks of it. They always frame it as Nazi tattoo. Leaving people to imagine unambiguous or well known symbols like the swastika.
This is why education is important. We saw the Totenkpf in school for the first time in like the 6th grade here (northern Europe).
@andxz @Eldritch Education is important and in 6th grade, I was in a good school but in this country, I never heard of it (maybe it was my lack of hearing but I don’t think so).
I just read about Totenkpf. Better late than never. I lost relatives in the camps but it was just not brought up with the kids.
Yep, here in the US it wasn’t really touched on.