Quote Originally Posted by Louis VI the Fat View Post
This I share. The 18th century enlightened poet Schiller is Germany. the Holocaust is Germany too. But can't one not admire Schiller despite the Holocaust?
Indeed. But are not the poets too often simply thrown aside for a look into the darkest times of our history? When we think of the British, we think of Wordsworth, Tennyson, Queen Victoria, black pudding, and Aston Martin. Do most people really think of the same things in German history?

There is no doubt that the Holocaust and the war were terrible, horrible, atrocious events. But do they define us? I sincerely hope not.

Other than that, this is the internets so I'm outta here before the revisionists spout their vulgar nonsense again and work on my blood pressure.
This is the only part of your post I would disagree with. Whether you agree with this case of revisionism or not, you would surely agree that historical revisionism in general is very, very important to history and our understanding of it?