Abstract
Both Australia and Germany look back on a poignant past full of unprecedented cruelty. However, the way of dealing with this past and with the national historical guilt associated with it seemingly differs. This difference becomes particularly apparent in the way their own history is taught in these two countries.
Highlights
Both Australia and Germany look back on a poignant past full of unprecedented cruelty
Even though most of them acknowledge the importance of Aboriginal history, there is a substantial lack of student engagement and a general sense of disinterest
This fatally leads to a ‘troubling contradiction’ (Clark, 2008, p. 68): though they consistently study Aboriginal history, their actual knowledge about it is patchy and fragmentary, maybe even superficial and potentially dangerous
Summary
Both Australia and Germany look back on a poignant past full of unprecedented cruelty. According to Clark (2008), most Australian school graduates have one severe thing in common: they were taught about their national history in a repetitive, incomplete and fragmented manner. Even though most of them acknowledge the importance of Aboriginal history, there is a substantial lack of student engagement and a general sense of disinterest.
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