In recent days, I notice that on Technorati, the site that measures and ranks what's hot in the world of blogging, the number one blog topic has been the "Du Bist Deutschland" campaign in Germany.
I was intrigued by this campaign, the German reaction to it, and the discovery of the similarity between this phrase and one used by Nazi propagandists several months ago, I posted on it twice:
'Du Bist Deutschland' and the Tragedy of German History
More on Germany's Mood
3 comments:
Hey Mark. The reason for the new fuzz can be found here.
Thank you, Jens.
Mark
Al:
I agree with you. What I was trying to do was explain the self-consciousness that many Germans seem to feel about nationalism and their fear of anything that may seem tainted by the Nazi past.
But, as you point out, the Nazis used the German language. If Germany avoids the use of all the words they used, the country would no longer speak German.
Thanks for dropping by and for your comments!
Mark Daniels
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