>I bet no French cares their capital was occupied by foreign powers after Waterloo
Kek. You really underestimate the the pettiness of us here in Europe. Butthurt goes deeper than you think.
As for WWII and Hitler. The whole thing is exploited for political advantages. One can intimidate by pointing fingers and calling others fascists for their opinions.
Another side of it: we already have such thing as "third generation Holocaust survivor" who were "traumatized" by the events that happened 80 years ago. The real reason is that from the 70s first as an experiment they started to bring high school students to a Holocaust trip to Poland. Then from the late 80s it became the norm and all the classes have to go. These teenagers are prepared emotionally, they are told they are surrounded by people who hate them and who want to kill them, and they are manipulated into emotional turmoil and catharsis. Watch Defemation, a documentary by an Israeli filmmaker. Very interesting, it's on youtube.
