Call me a killjoy, but the Battle of Verdun was one of the worst and bloodiest battles of a horrific war that arguably ruined Europe. Is there Lego Auschwitz, too?
Bad taste, whoever did this. Bad taste.
Bad taste, whoever did this. Bad taste.
Personally I think it is excellent, and stuff like this will encourage the younger generation to ask "What was Verdun?". It has way more capacity for teaching/inspiring interest than me having been forced to sit in class and read about Verdun in a textbook.
IMO, those most willing to call for violence from behind the keyboard are those who least understand the real world consequences, those who have the least knowledge of the horrors that have come before. It's really important for people to know just how cruel and awful we can be to each other, and most importantly, how damn pointless it all was. Media like this can help bridge that gulf.
IIRC there is. A polish artist created an Auschwitz Lego Set a few years ago. (IIRC with Lego's blessing)
https://culture.pl/en/work/lego-concentration-camp-zbigniew-...
Even more reasons to remember it. It’s also a law of nature: anything that can be remade in Lego bricks eventually will be. Resistance is futile.
(Besides the fact that this is how someone uses their free time without hurting anyone, so I have a really hard time getting outraged about it)
Seeing a stand-in for humans may let you watch it further than you would be inclined to if it were actual humans (or live footage).
Dumbing down history to the level of modern day action figures because "the kids can relate to it" is missing the point of "reading history." It's to realize that the past was not like now.
Yes, it takes an effort to get the kids off their phones and pay attention to something other than each other. No one said teaching was easy.
I'm sure it IS hard to make them realize that they didn't have cell phones, Internet, or flush toilets out there, and when a soldier was wounded, he suffered, screaming and thirsty, often for hours, and they didn't have good medical care for him when he was finally stretchered off. Somehow throughout history, some teachers and parents have managed to do it.
Similarly, a Lego Auschwitz would probably be a good way to explore history. Again, not to glorify it, but to educate people in engaging ways on how horrific human beings can be to each other.