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Half of German schoolchildren do not know that the Third Reich was a dictatorship, a survey has found.
More than 50 per cent of the teenagers polled were also unaware that the East German state was also a tyrannical regime run by communists.
Despite being obliged to visit a concentration camp at least once in their schooldays and learning about Hitler's seizure of power, German students showed a lack of knowledge about their roots.
The widespread ignorance is detailed in a study called, 'Late Victory of the Dictatorships?' after a recent survey conducted by researchers at the Free University in Berlin.
'This is shocking,' said study author Klaus Schroeder.
More than 7,500 school pupils aged around 15 were asked how they viewed the various governments that have ruled Germany.
Only around half were definite that the Nazi government was a dictatorship - despite the country at the time being ruled ruthlessly by one party from 1933 to 1945.
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Half of GERMAN schoolchildren do not know Third Reich was a dictatorship - or that East Germany was Communist | Mail Online
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Half of German schoolchildren do not know that the Third Reich was a dictatorship, a survey has found.
More than 50 per cent of the teenagers polled were also unaware that the East German state was also a tyrannical regime run by communists.
Despite being obliged to visit a concentration camp at least once in their schooldays and learning about Hitler's seizure of power, German students showed a lack of knowledge about their roots.
The widespread ignorance is detailed in a study called, 'Late Victory of the Dictatorships?' after a recent survey conducted by researchers at the Free University in Berlin.
'This is shocking,' said study author Klaus Schroeder.
More than 7,500 school pupils aged around 15 were asked how they viewed the various governments that have ruled Germany.
Only around half were definite that the Nazi government was a dictatorship - despite the country at the time being ruled ruthlessly by one party from 1933 to 1945.
more
Half of GERMAN schoolchildren do not know Third Reich was a dictatorship - or that East Germany was Communist | Mail Online