The opening statements of two of the defendants, former Politburo members who both argue that they should not be punished, reflect opposing views of history, society and war guilt.
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This subject, the question of Germany's guilt ( " Kriegsschuldfrage " or war guilt question ) became a major theme of Adolf Hitler's political career.
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When German speakers, after acknowledging war guilt and the " barbarity " of German aggression, chided the Russians for foot-dragging, the Russians bristled and counseled patience.
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He says the subject has been less and less well received in his homeland, where discussions of war guilt have been tortured and vague, and the talk is increasingly of putting the past behind.
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Under Japan's postwar constitution, Akihito cannot exert political power, and is barred from making statements with clear political ramifications _ which the Japanese government generally interprets to include admissions of war guilt.
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In 1926, Robert C . Binkley and A . C . Mahr of Stanford University, wrote that German accusations of the article assigning war guilt were " ill-founded " and " mistaken ".
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If Molobo was not so self-righteous and partial, he would call it " reversal of war guilt " again . 213.6 . 36.126 15 : 49, 31 August 2005 ( UTC)
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The German peace delegation in France signed the Treaty of Versailles, accepting mass reductions of the German military, the prospect of substantial war reparations payments to the victorious allies, and the controversial " War Guilt Clause ".
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Some Germans quickly drew comparisons to the " war guilt " clause of the Versailles Treaty, as the Declaration admitted that there was a " solidarity of guilt " among the German people for the endless suffering wrought by Germany.
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For Yoshio Kisa, author of a book that compares Japan's and Germany's handling of war guilt, Dower's work is more than a simple history : It is analogous to a psychoanalysis of postwar Japan.
