The Foreign Ministry of Germany had a conference room in the main headquarters....named after Chancellor Bismarck (yeah, he's been dead since 1891). He served as Chancellor from 1871 to 1890.
In the past month, the Foreign Minister (Baerbock, Greens) announced the end of the 'name' of the room. It had to go.
Oddly enough....it was more or less a 1-paragraph announcement, the Bismarck room would no longer exist. New name? 'Hall of German Unity'.
What this is about? In this era of 'cancel-culture'.....Bismarck has been on the bad-boy list for a few years now. Across Germany, you can probably find 35 to 40 statues around Germany of Bismarck today.
His achievements worth bragging about? Most of the big social progressive advancements of Germany....came from his era.
His negatives? Virtually everything had a script, and anyone trying to change or flip his script....became an enemy of Bismarck. For every rational act that he carried out.....there's probably an irrational act existing as well.
The room change a big deal? No.....when you take into consideration that the 'Hall of German Unity' probably has a five-year life span, and it'll be flip to another name eventually.
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