Originally Posted by
Wyn
WW2 is very much in the European public conscience, but not out of any sense of altruism or historical interest or even to bring to light the 'horrors of war' etc. To a significant extent, public knowledge/consideration of WW2 is largely restricted to Hitler, the Nazis etc. and why patriotism is therefore a force for evil and should be crushed wherever it exists. All things considered, the presence of WW2 in the public conscience in 2011 is largely the result of propaganda designed to make people believe that anything right-of-centre is a few yards away from genocide.