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Originally Posted by undercoverbrother
part of correcting the behaviors is, IMO, removing the perceived celebration of those individuals through building names and street names.
There ain't no Hitler highway in German, you can be sure everyone knows who the #### he is. Yes, I know I Godwined this.
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You won't see any of Stalin in Russia either, outside of one in an open air museum in Moscow...and that one has a very sobering message.
The statue of Stalin is quite tall, mostly intact except for his nose. However on the ground beside the staue is quite a large sort of cage built with wire. And the cage is filled with stones the size of heads. Each stone has a face that is in obvious distress. No words or inscription are needed to know what is thought of Stalin and it is very obvious that people remember what ghoulish acts were committed during his reign.
On the other hand, you can find statues, like huge statues of Lenin, all over Russia.