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As opposed to the allies destroying all symbols of the Nazi regime and having it escape people's minds - to the point where people would openly deny what had happened in WW2, a phenomenom explored in Adam Curtis' 'The Living Dead' - the Allies leave old symbols of the reich around and espouse a message to the effect of 'This is what you did'.
Did this idea have any merit at the time? And what would be the effects?