marathon@thelemmy.club to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · vor 3 TagenRussia releases archives exposing Latvian Waffen-SS atrocities in WWIIwww.rt.comexternal-linkmessage-square134fedilinkarrow-up1119arrow-down122file-text
arrow-up197arrow-down1external-linkRussia releases archives exposing Latvian Waffen-SS atrocities in WWIIwww.rt.commarathon@thelemmy.club to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · vor 3 Tagenmessage-square134fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareKusimulkku@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-2vor 15 StundenI meant first thoughts about Russia bringing it up. My first thoughts about the atrocities happened a long time ago, when I first heard about them.
minus-squareBrainInABox@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·vor 15 StundenRussia didn’t “bring it up”, they released the documents from their archives. So no, you didn’t hear about them long ago.
minus-squareKusimulkku@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-2vor 15 StundenNothing they’re bringing up is news, though. It’s just further details about stuff we already knew about. I’m sure historians will value the documents but it’s not like we didn’t know about that they did horrible shit before.
I meant first thoughts about Russia bringing it up. My first thoughts about the atrocities happened a long time ago, when I first heard about them.
Russia didn’t “bring it up”, they released the documents from their archives. So no, you didn’t hear about them long ago.
Nothing they’re bringing up is news, though. It’s just further details about stuff we already knew about. I’m sure historians will value the documents but it’s not like we didn’t know about that they did horrible shit before.