The march to the Soviet War Memorial in Berlin’s Treptower Park on May 9 – Soviet Victory Day – by German Democratic Republic (East Germany, GDR) diehards wearing Stasi Guards Regiment and National People’s Army (NVA) uniforms scared the German public.

Celebrating the defeat of fascism scared a bunch of Germans? surprised-pika

One of the biggest and most enduring propaganda lies of the Communist state apparatus was the legend of their “antifascist” origins. The truth of the matter is that the GDR’s Marxist-Leninist ideology made any real processing of National Socialism impossible.

The Marxist-Leninists in the east processed national socialist leaders directly to the wall, while the west, nato, and the USA gave them top jobs in the government and military.

Meanwhile during this period German Communists obediently stopped agitating against the Nazis

What did the nazis do to the communists that made them unable to continue agitating successfully I wonder? Maybe there's a famous poem that brings it up.

while, yes, the Soviet Union did chase Hitler’s forces out of eastern Europe – the East European people were not freed as a result: they had to go on living for nearly 50 more years under another totalitarian dictatorship.

oh no they got to live in one of the most advanced societies on the planet which still holds the high water mark for equality among people living in a large industrialized nation how tragic.

[–] SupFBI@hexbear.net 9 points 2 months ago

oh no they got to live in one of the most advanced societies on the planet which still holds the high water mark for equality among people living in a large industrialized nation how tragic.

But they didn't have access to the latest and greatest consumer goods. And as we all know, consumer goods are what bring happiness and contentment to societies and the soul.

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