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CultureGermans once traveled to Russia to perform civilian service and seek reconciliation

From the 1990s through the 2000s, Germans traveled to Russia and other countries that had suffered under Nazi aggression to perform alternative civilian service. They worked in hospitals, disability facilities, care homes, and older people’s homes. For some, the work was a way to atone for their ancestors’ wartime guilt and pursue reconciliation.

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Germans once traveled to Russia to perform civilian service and seek reconciliation
Germans once traveled to Russia to perform civilian service and seek reconciliationCulture