2006-10-19 07:12:50 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
I don't quite understand what you mean. It might be that historians value what the ship can "say" about the past. But you are right. In our country we have a lot of archaeological sites. You start putting up a building and you are bound to strike some ancient cemetery. Then you have to report it, your construction will get stopped and historians will write a thick book about the skull that's there. Poor students have to study the book then the historians get money they do not deserve and you can't build what you wanted. I say, history should be banned.
2006-10-19 07:24:23 · answer #1 · answered by possum 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
On this one I'm torn.
I know the Third Reich killed millions of innocents and the institution deserves no repect.
But the average German sailor wasn't a Nazi; they thought they were fighting for their country. They most observed the laws of war and served honorably.
I don't know of anyone treating sunken ships as sacred ground, but I can't think it's many people.
2006-10-19 14:22:31 · answer #2 · answered by adphllps 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
They were not murderers anymore than troops today in Iraq for example. They were soldiers with orders from above, and most allied troops had great respect for the professionalism of the crack German troops. Killing is part of warfare, and there is no evidence the German navy played any part in genocide.
Now these sunken ships are part of world history, its quite right that they should be treated as a great historical artefact.
You need to stop putting your political viewpoint into everything.
2006-10-19 14:24:25 · answer #3 · answered by vaivagabundo 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
ANY ship that is sunken is treated as a burial ground, and thus deserves to be treated with respect.
Irregardless of what the Nazi high command believed or not.
The sailors deserve to rest in peace.
2006-10-19 17:19:35 · answer #4 · answered by wi_saint 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
im as against Nazi's as you are, so it seems. and yeh its sick how people treat these things as sacred though it caused nothing but tragidy and unnecesary death. BUT its a land mark, and rememberance of things that once were. they were only following their leader, blinded by the wrong of it all...just like any other soldier fighting in war. follow your leader or be killed was their option. murderers yes, heroes in their country, yes. sacred warships, definately...remember the past and hope it never happens again .
2006-10-19 15:01:58 · answer #5 · answered by *wonderful lady* 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Don't be absurd! The crew on those ships were soldiers performing as honorable soldier perform. The Nazi criminals that sent them to make aggressive war were, for the most part, hunted down and dealt with after the war.
2006-10-19 14:18:41 · answer #6 · answered by Squid Vicious 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Most of the answers have given you good info. My problem is why didn't you think a little more before you asked this question in the first place?
Don't you believe that people who have died, regardless of the circumstance deserve to be left in peace?
I do.
2006-10-19 23:42:45 · answer #7 · answered by John K 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's like saying that Military Graveyards in the United States shouldn't be sacred ground... they killed people just as the Nazis killed people... just doing what their government told them to ::shrug::
2006-10-19 14:21:15 · answer #8 · answered by KK 1 · 3⤊ 1⤋
because the members of the Axis submarine services are no different than the members of the Allied submarine services. just because they fought for a murderous and evil dictator and political party doesnt necessarily classify them as murderers. they were fighting for their country, just as everyone else in the war.
2006-10-19 14:22:54 · answer #9 · answered by kasu327 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
All graves deserve respect.
2006-10-19 14:27:52 · answer #10 · answered by MUD 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋