Great discussion so far.
Anyone mentioned that putting today's measure to judge people from the past is idiotic ignorance?
Like that Edward Colston. Slave trade was nothing unusual at his times. The fact that he supported schools, hospitals and almshouses was. That's why he deserves to be remembered.
Same with Harris. He was actually controversial even back then. But from my Polish perspective - Germany totally deserved the treatment, including civilians. Most people in the West have little idea about how Germans behaved here in Easter Europe including Russia. It wasn't like occupation of France. And German civilians was part of this and most of them were supporting Hitler until like late 1944.
Before WWII? I cannot comment of Harris from that times since I have no idea and I leave it to Britons
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