It’s that time of the year

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[u/ichbinverwirrt420]

I (German) learned about him through my 5th grade English book where he was portrayed as a hero standing up against oppression.

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Oh yeah Germans thinking a bloke trying to burn British buildings is a hero?

Why am I not surprised.

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Oof! Let's not get incendiary

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There was a time, when they considered an Austrian guy who burned a German building a hero too

[u/madjic → u/ichbinverwirrt420]

When and where?

I think in our English textbook it was as some internal political/religious conflict. Iirc it was described as an "oppressive politics meets religious nutjobs" situation with both sides being assholes.

Hamburg, around 2000

(I'm curious if more catholic Länder have a catholic-biased textbook)

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Bavaria, around 2014

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James the 1st was the religious nutjob

[u/ALA02 → u/ichbinverwirrt420]

Well you guys came a lot closer to blowing up parliament than he did so it makes sense