so the german bones are dumped in the grave pile? what of the markers? why did they treat the wwii graves differently? Originally Posted by dilbert firestormFrom a practical perspective, those villages are at least (5-6) centuries old, and graves have to be reused. The grave sites are owned and tended by families, and the families are in control of them. The marker question is of interest, and I didn't ask.
One can make their own conclusions as to why Nazi soldier's graves, swastikas and all, are sacrosanct. Like southern confederate war statues, some reasons are honorable and noble, and some are not.
It is my contention that European culture(not the advertised, but the underlying one), is little different than that of the early 20th century. If they were ever put under stress, they would revert to some of the worst 20th century excesses in a minute. That is why Merkel's position on immigrants was scary. That sort of stress is the kind of thing that Continental European culture cannot handle safely, and she knew it. It is not the behavior of those immigrants that is scary, it is the culture's response to it that is.
