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How Hitler's 'Mein Kampf' Became a Bestseller in India [1]

Hitler’s Hindus: The Rise and Rise of India’s Nazi-loving Nationalists [2]

[1] https://www.mic.com/articles/120411/how-hitler-s-mein-kampf-...

[2] https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/hitlers-hindus-indias-nazi-l...

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Germany and especially Japan, during ww2, were ardent supporters of indian independence for obvious reasons.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Legion

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_National_Army

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azad_Hind

So Hitler doesn't have as negative a connotation in india and most of the non-western world just like Churchill doesn't have as negative a connotation in israel or the west as he does in india or the rest of the non-western world.

History is much more complex than we are told it is. It isn't black and white. That's why traveling is so important. You realize that everyone is living in their own little bubble.