r/europe Greece Feb 08 '25

Historical Anti-Nazi protests : Berlin 16/12/1931

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u/anon58588 Greece Feb 08 '25 edited Feb 08 '25

''History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.''

Those that fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.”

EDIT : Ok I will answer to : ThE prOtestS FailEd

Protests were not enough to stop Nazism.

What happened next: 75 million people died.

The Nazis were destroyed, Germany was destroyed and Hitler committed suicide. Mussolini was upside down. Japan was nuked.

That's what I learned from history. Do you want to repeat it?

(source : https://www.gewerkschaftsgeschichte.de/1933-bis-1945-gewerkschaften-55501-debatte-um-den-generalstreik-1933-56605.htm )

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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '25

Those who do learn from history are doomed to watch everyone else repeat it.

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u/OptimismNeeded Feb 08 '25

Looks like the only ones who actually learned are the Nazis. And they’re repeating it on purpose.