Not-so-fun fact about me, I was illiterate until I was 11 years old. After finally learning how to read, the first book I read was "Mein Kampf."

@helenS I was in Romania at the time. There's a strong sentiment of "Let's make sure we remember the atrocities of the Second World War so that we don't fuck up and let it happen again." Romania was occupied by the Nazis in late 1940 so there were several monuments, mostly in the form of bronze statues, erected to honor the Third Reich. These still stand today, and are supposed to be a very public reminder of "Hey look at these assholes, they were a thing that actually happened in history. Don't think we know better just cos it happened once."

@BlueMetalChick Thank you very much. I asked because I have heard that there are countries where this book is really popular, used to "educate" people about the "evil Jews". Maybe that's only rumor, so I don't want to specify.

@BlueMetalChick Do you think that's a good idea for Confederate statues in the Deep South?

@helenS I wouldn't doubt that in some countries *cough cough* Albania

@quitwhendone It would be an understandable concept, yes. Although at the same time I would encourage those monuments not to be part of public land. Because I kinda get it, like you don't want your tax money going to maintain a landmark that was made to honor a person who might have killed your ancestors.

Most of the ones in Romania are owned and maintained by the [i]Societatea Istorica Nationala[/i] (in English: National Historical Society).

@BlueMetalChick Yeah, there should be a special small park for Confederate statues. It could be a sort of park/museum.

@quitwhendone That's not a bad idea. There's a museum of the Porajmos in Serbia. I've visited before. It's very educational but god if it isn't unfathomably depressing.

@BlueMetalChick It's a Nazi museum?

@quitwhendone It's a museum about the events that led up to the Porajmos. Many artifacts that survived the Second World War are on display, as well as historical film, documents, and letters written by victims.

@quitwhendone great idea