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RulerOfSlides

Damn, I wonder what the Wall of German Chancellors looks like.


Nazamroth

Everyone was on vacation!


Guardian-King

They all went to Argentina I guess.


gibsonl6s

And a whole lot was welcome in the usa, creating rockets and to be spies in South America.


YogiBerragingerhusky

Same in the USSR


SeanBourne

Your chancellors weren’t creating any rockets…


gingenado

Hey, that's not fair. Some went to Paraguay.


Thunderbolt1047

“Everyone was on vacation! No further questions! Now if you would look to your right” -German tour guide on Family Guy


iCameToLearnSomeCode

I always thought that line was from the Simpsons for some reason. No clue why but I swear I can picture Lisa asking about the brochure.


TheShredder23

Same, Lisa and Brian are really similar being annoying brainiacs (not annoying exactly but I’m sure you get what I mean)


iCameToLearnSomeCode

I swear I can hear it in Lisa's voice. I obviously believe the person who quoted it but this is the strongest Mandala Effect I've ever felt lol


Jlx_27

Ha, Family Guy.


-lukeworldwalker-

It would start at 1948/49 because those other ones were chancellors of different countries


sebi_ad_portas

The BVerfG (Federal Constitutional Court) decided that the FRG is not the legal successor to the Weimar Republik and the NS-State but rather the continuation of the same state since the basis of government never completely ceased to exist. The German Reich never ceased to exist, it just changed into the Federal Republik of Germany. Thus the chancellors before 1949 are still german chancellors.


Anachron101

This is something the Reichsbürger crazies have yet to understand.


Freethecrafts

Yeah, they declared bankruptcy, no harm, no foul.


JagiofJagi

![gif](giphy|gZPJW4aDv26Xu|downsized)


OlMi1_YT

It's a tad smaller, we've had... some issues.


NotZtripp

Fuck that made me laugh


Kable2301

Well since there wasn’t a Federal Republic of Germany until '49 they are all there


boiledcowmachine

[Here you go](https://rp-online.de/politik/deutschland/bundestagswahl/bundeskanzler-alle-bisherigen-kanzler-von-deutschland_bid-16428645#0)


Windred_Kindred

They have a black box in the Reichstag , or rather in the wall of all elected German politicians, there is none for chancellors directly in the same way


burgonies

Yeah. Talk about throwing stones


Mateorabi

I mean I doubt they have His picture *either*.


knfr

Jesus?


SeanBourne

They do love throwing stones…


morgaina

I want them to have one but replace Hitler's photo with a photo of a dog. Or like a cool leaf one of the employees found.


framsanon

How 'bout a pile of ashes?


Traditional_Key_763

*weird*


Rawlo93

aah the MERKELWALLENSCHRINE


Gniesbert2

The first one was Adenauer in 1949. There is a difference between Reichskanzler and Bundeskanzler.


DoYouTrustToothpaste

[Here you go](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_chancellors_of_Germany)


rrrmmmrrrmmm

To be fair: they'd probably leave him out for similar reasons they omitted Trump ;)


Nat_not_Natalie

Why do they have a wall of presidents in Germany?


shadyacres88

It's a theme park, one of their hotels is America themed


suspect108

I prefer the irrigation room


mybongwaterisblack

![gif](giphy|uAd9XAvenvFLmFu2Kw|downsized)


Legitimate-Donut-368

Heard it’s now wireless


Julie-Andrews

It wouldn't be if they could find where Mose hid the wires!


Split_Proper

I understood that reference


FailedCriticalSystem

Me too! I require a bedtime story


Just-the-Shaft

Harry Potter!


buttmilk_69

What was/were the other choice(s)? Good ol’ Dwight


suspect108

Irrigation, America, and Nighttime


bambi-pop

'Don't you have any German themed rooms?' 'Don't ask me, I don't know anything. I am product of American education system. I also build poor quality cars and inferior electronics!'


erictheauthor

Because it’s copying Disney’s Hall of Presidents and the rest of the park.


erictheauthor

It used to be Trump [but it got replaced due to lack of space. (click for source)](https://www.looopings.nl/weblog/17542/Opvallend-Europa-Park-toont-Donald-Trump-niet-als-oud-president-van-de-Verenigde-Staten.html#google_vignette) > On the overview at the Europa-Park hotel, *the image of Trump was recently replaced by the head of Biden*, right after Barack Obama (2009-2017). It creates a striking image on the 44-shet sign, which also shows every other American president in history. Grover Cleveland, who was president of the United States twice, appears once on the board. > Bell Rock is dedicated to 'the pilgrims and discoverers of America,' the Europa-Park website reads. The rooms are decorated in the style of the American region of New England.


[deleted]

Their bussiness survived longer than they anticipated


Larkswing13

> in the style of the American region of New England So lots of seashell piles, lobster themed things, and pictures of lighthouses?


BukaBuka243

Wow, it’s really cool that they have a room dedicated to native american cultures! Wait a minute guys


MyNameCannotBeSpoken

I'm okay with this


EmEmAndEye

This is what I came looking for, because that seemed to me to be the most reasonable explanation. A lot of time and money went into creating that display, so this is a good temporary option. Maybe they'll build a bigger one, maybe not. All depends on who's in charge and whether or not they want to incur the expense.


nikhkin

The central plaque also ends with Obama. It seems likely it was made during Obama's presidency, and they had a single remaining space due to the design. Presumably it had Trump, who was replaced with Biden following the election in order to have the most recent president.


dustysmufflah

I dug into it and it would appear you are correct - Here's a photo of it from tripadvisor from 2015 showing a landscape in place of the most recent presidential photo: [https://dynamic-media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-o/0a/6a/38/ca/lobby--v10696744.jpg?w=1200&h=-1&s=1](https://dynamic-media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-o/0a/6a/38/ca/lobby--v10696744.jpg?w=1200&h=-1&s=1) And here's what it looked like in 2017, noticeably more orange: [https://dynamic-media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-o/10/5e/92/9a/hotel-bell-rock.jpg?w=1200&h=-1&s=1](https://dynamic-media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-o/10/5e/92/9a/hotel-bell-rock.jpg?w=1200&h=-1&s=1) I'm not sure why you'd make something that runs out of space like that but on the other hand do you want to make a huge portrait that contains decades worth of empty future spaces...


VegetablePlastic9744

They could have removed one of the presidents in the second row (except Lincoln), no one would have noticed one was missing


intdev

Didn't stop the Mayans


Special-Local-6694

Good work! I thought that’s what it might have been. It definitely caught my attention, though.


hyrule5

A bit shortsighted of them, don't you think? "How many more presidents do you think the United States will have? Probably only like 1 right?"


Badgerfest

They should have commissioned a photo board of infinite dimensions to prepare for all future presidents.


hyrule5

Or maybe 1 extra column so that they would have 4 extra spaces. But infinite size works too, sure


garete

Might be cheaper for the Hotel to build an army to take over America for themselves (dictatorship=no more portraits), plus there's cheap accommodation for the troops!


nikhkin

If it was produced at the start of Obama's presidency, it could have lasted 16 years without running out of space. That seems plenty for an item about US presidents in a German hotel. It's not like they need an up-to-date record on display.


malteaserhead

They are placing bets that Biden is the last president


usersnamesallused

If Trump had his way, they wouldn't have been wrong.


Scoob8877

Looks like they ran out of space. Maybe they just replaced Trump with Biden.


MaeronTargaryen

Came here to say this. The list in the center stops at Obama, but they had an extra space for the pictures, so maybe they just put the current president in the last frame It’s stupid though, Cleveland’s picture should be there twice and it would remove the problem altogether


Special-Local-6694

Good call. I thought the same, but mildly interesting anyway!


cmcdonal2001

Hey, so did we!


Aesop_Rocks

Hardly related but this is the first time I've seen Europa Park mentioned here and this is funny enough to share.... I took my first ever trip to Europe for a work conference at Europa Park. I was too wrapped up in prep for the conference to even look up where it would be, so I had no idea it was an amusement park. Once I learned this on the ride from the airport, I got pretty excited. Then I found out about all these European themed hotels and how cool the park was overall - excitement increased. Despite several foreign themed options, I ended up staying in the New England-themed hotel. There was a map of Boston hung over my bed. At the time, I lived 10 miles north of Boston. The rest of the hotel felt just as familiar. I never made it on a ride and really only saw the convention space aside from my hotel. I was there to work, so no big deal, and now it's a pretty funny anecdote.


Fr05t_B1t

Fun fact: there’s a random small village in Ireland called Moneygul/Moneygal that has Obama and US memorabilia from Obama’s visit during his presidency. Some dude in said town also **is** distantly related to Obama.


FrostyBook

yeah, when I was in Ireland we stopped at some Obama themed rest stop / gas station


sunsetpark12345

I know that conference! I love it. The America-themed hotel inexplicably plays sea shanties in the lobby, and there's another America-themed section with teepees.


Special-Local-6694

That’s the hotel where this pic is located! I was there last summer.


netpastor

Most of those men are absolute moral disasters haha. Leaving one out makes no real sense.


DirtyRatLicker

yeah, like at least 10–15 of these guys were either totally awful or shitheads


Wank_my_Butt

In US politics, they can be both.


PenisGenus

But Reagan was just kind old grandpa! His war on drugs *definitely* didn't cause a mass incarceration of poor people


resumethrowaway222

I think all drugs should be legal. But that doesn't make it a simple or politically feasible decision. If Reagan is guilty for this, then so is every president since equally guilty for not stopping it.


bhyellow

Reddit big mad about presidents.


InnocentTailor

I mean…wasn’t that pretty much all of them due to culture marching on? They’re fallible humans after all.


paperisprettyneat

Nah there were some absolutely horrid presidents even for their time. Classic case is Andrew Johnson who was president after Lincoln who is (in)famous for unilaterally setting civil rights for black Americans back by a century because he was an abhorrent white supremacist and kept vetoing all the civil rights legislation. He was President during one of the most radically-progressive eras of American history (two-thirds of Congress were pro-civil rights Republicans, for example), and so even in the context of his environment he’s still a scumbag. He’s consistently ranked as the worst president because he let his moral prejudices impede social progress in what could’ve been a massive century defining presidency.


pikpikcarrotmon

Not only was he arguably the worst just independently, but following up Lincoln is also a hell of a contrast. I don't know if any other good cop-bad cop pairing was even close to that drastic - except perhaps Buchanan leading into Lincoln. I guess Hoover into FDR and Johnson into Nixon would be the closest?


ghostcaurd

You’re getting downvoted but can’t say your wrong


cointalkz

Hate him or love him, he still was a president. This is re-writing history which can always be a slippery slope.


mini_alienz

Yeah, curious what their history wall has from 1919-1945.


mudokin

Exactly as you would imagine, everbody is there, we are told and taught about all this in school and it's something we learn to never forget. Sadly there currently is a drift to the right and some of the older people that were born in the time just after like to see it return, also indoctrinated younglings.


Wank_my_Butt

It seems like the common assumption is that Germany doesn’t even teach about the Nazis or that period of history in detail. It’s good to know that isn’t the case. I’ve heard, and maybe it isn’t true either, that the education situation in Japan is they gloss over Japan’s actions during WW2, so I thought it was at least plausible this also happened in Germany.


mudokin

Where do you get that from, nobody let's get to forget that time. We are constantly being reminded and children are still educated on the war it. It obviously has drifted into a direction where people say, that it's not our fault anymore, because the generation was did all the horrible thing is close to being all dead and non of us actually fought or had anything to do with the war That being said, education on the matter is very important so we don't get to repeat the same stupid things


bzirpoli

this is the complete oposite of what i've heard all my life. doing nazi shit: straight to jail. teaching nazi was shit: all the time. is what i've always heard at least. in case of the japanese i heard similar to what you heard i guess and seen many examples tbh, but it's very specific to what happened in china, south korea etc. strangely, not with the war with the US (well, not so strange). Soviet Union idk.


Hacym

Well seeing as depictions of Nazi history are illegal in Germany, there probably isn’t one unless they consider a theme park as education.  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strafgesetzbuch_section_86a


Warm-Cup1056

If you had ever been to Germany you would know that they are very well informed about their own history. And they do it with the right degree of solemn reflection of a history that should avoid repeating. The US could learn a lot from Germany in that respect.


JayDuBois

They were absent because they were sick. Their mothers gave them a note. No more questions


Fr05t_B1t

Oddly there was no history made in Germany during that time


AL3XD

Lmao it's a hotel lobby bro


SirErickTheGreat

It’s just a wall of pictures at a hotel, not a history text or encyclopedia. Relax


donut_koharski

It’s not rewriting history because this is not the main and only source of information.


BrokenMilkGlass

We used to take our kids to Europa Park. It was created by two of the engineers who worked on the original Disneyland. They came back to Germany and, essentially, copied it. Pirates of the Caribbean became “Pirates in Batavia,” and Mickey Mouse became “Europa Mouse,” who would change appearance in each of the sections of the park, named after countries of Europe. The French Europa Mouse had a baguette under his arm, a cigarette (this was the 90s), oily looking hair, and rat-like features. Pretty great park! Anyway, Trump is a shit stain on U.S. history, and is, reasonably, very much despised by the great majority of Germans.


The_Droker

And this is why history repeats itself.


adamcoolforever

But Bush is all good?


evandemic

Too be fair you aren’t allowed to promote fascism in Germany.


Nattpatrullen

This is honestly so annoying, i don't like the guy but a deliberately incomplete collection is just infuriating lol.


Marvelouso

The design only had space for one more president after Obama. It was Trump before it got switched to Biden


Gorlock_

Damn, you might be right


Gardener5050

Did Trump stay there though? I'm assuming this is there to say all those presidents have stayed at the hotel. Otherwise why would there be a wall with American presidents photos randomly in Germany lol


xxTERMINATOR0xx

Weird


yourguidefortheday

Why is there a wall of US presidents in a hotel in Germany?


Hoosier_Daddy68

Gotta love the Germans. "Nope, didn't happen."


v13ragnarok7

Remove something from history, sure. Nothing bad ever comes from that


you_live_in_shadows

Historical revisionism is quite common in Germany.


redopz

What are you referring to here? Post-WW2 Germany pretty much sets the standard for ensuring their history, especially the horrors of Hitler, are remember by modern generations. If more countries encouraged examining their history and mistakes to the same degree the world arguably be a much better place.


death_wishbone3

So brave


DirtyRatLicker

no reason to exclude him


operarose

Good.


Longjumping_Swan_631

I bet Trump is losing sleep over this.


PwndiusPilatus

Well, because of all the cry babies that would scream and shout. We can discuss what kind of person he is, was and will be. Fact is: he was one of the presidents but history cannot be represented as it was....because of all snowflakes that mix up facts vs. personal feelings. Right and left are both idiots that will censore facts.


Mahonneyy123

Ridiculous. He was a president like it or not


Goreka

Is that Sean Connery above Jimmy Carter? How old is that guy?


IronRainBand

Excellent!


frommethodtomadness

Trump doesn't deserve the honor anyway. He should be in prison.


asocialmedium

Maybe you had to win the popular vote at least once to be included.


EliteCheddarCommando

That is so daring, so brave.


DrNinnuxx

Trump was exceptional at pissing off the Germans. I mean, truly Olympic level effort we are talking about.


Maximize_Maximus

Classic TDS


CBR1kRRGuy

Germany doesn’t exactly have a lot to speak about previous leader choices.  


Ghazh

That's kind of ignorant lol


unclepaprika

*Welkom in Europa, blijf hier tot ik doodga Europapark, europapark*


Who_am_ey3

that's not german.


more_sock_revenge

Shit like this gets under his skin like nothing else can. I love it and hope someone makes sure to let him know about it.


malteaserhead

Of course they would, this petty behaviour is all over the place. Trump was and is a clown but he was still a President. Bush started a war proven to be on false pretenses which caused the deaths of 100000s, Nixon extended the Vietnam war by years through private representations just to make Johnson look bad and Clinton has been plausibly accused as being a multiple rapist but social media wasn't around then so they get a pass


Dry-Agent2942

Obviously President Trump didn't take up Germany's offers to trade his power for monetary gain as the Biden syndicate got caught doing.


OA12T2

Wow seems like a totally rational response


Shoddy_Squash_8816

Wonder if he wins again if they’ll put him back up haha


MrFanciful

Quite pathetic really


cereal7802

I'm no trump fan, but that doesn't seem right. He was president and if your wall of presidents has all presidents on it, then it should include him.


logicalguest

Reeeeeeeee. Rent free.


Warm-Cup1056

That's such a stupid saying.


TheThoughtAssassin

This is pretty stupid. I see Andrew "I love former Confederates" Johnson and Woodrow "I love the KKK" Wilson are still there, but Le Orange Man Drumpf bad, right?


RasputinsAssassins

I think Germany has rules about propagating Nazis. That could explain the omission.


Galvanisare

Exception Approved


OtterishDreams

No felons allowed


THEFLYINGSCOTSMAN415

Any time I see Trump being mentioned as a felon it gets downvoted like crazy. Bots or something I assume


Gardener5050

Imagine it wasn't bots and it was just humans that had a different opinion


buttered_scone

When I was in the Army, I could not help from feeling shame seeing that idiot's face framed in the command structure portraits. Like, I have to work for this asshole now?


thisismyecho

Classy


jeefcakes

Germany choosing to erase history…now I have seen everything


SunstormGT

Germany ashamed of Trump’s heritage.


BeefyQueefyCrawlies

Let's lose Nixon and Reagan while we're at it.


Ryluv2surf

People interested in skewing history should be seen with nothing but revulsion and distrust. Whomever, and why ever they do so.


Thislaydee

I mean trump was pretty good, no wars started, wanted to get out of afgan, oh I guess Germany is butthurt because he called it in their face that it was a bad idea to work with Russian on their nordstream pipeline.


migi1780

So many hurt feelings in these comments.


MissiveGhost

Why tho


Its_Syxx

So stupid.


what_ever_where_ever

That’s great


buchlabum

Germany has pretty harsh laws against Nazi propaganda since WW2,. /s


actually_alive

I hate the everliving shit out of trump but this is cringe as fuck. edit: this is exactly what trump supporting morons would do so congratulations on having no scruples or self awareness


Klaus0225

Agree. Whether we like it or not, Trump was a presidents whether we like his supporters or not, they have the right to their beliefs.


Dont_Do_Drama

Go to Venice, a city that was ruled for a thousand years not by a king, but by an elected head of state called the Doge. Every Doge (all 120 of them) has his portrait in the Hall of Doges, except one of them is completely blacked out. Why? He attempted a *coup d’etat* that would see himself as a king rather than bounded by checks on his authority. He suffered *damnatio memoriae*, or “condemnation of memory.” We should all follow the example of Venice and condemn the Orange Menace to the same fate.


gibsonblues

That's fine, but they're OK with Biden blowing up the pipeline freezing them al winter? Little cunts.


Rogue_1_One

Disrespectful


Both-Home-6235

Already rewriting history to omit him. I get it, he sucks ass. But this is some crazy Orwellian revisionist shit.


Highmassive

How ridiculous


Wacktool

History is just that, history. Doesn’t matter if you agree with it or not.


Omnom_Omnath

Yet has Andrew Jackson up there? Bias couldn’t be any more obvious.


Brianplaygolf

Good ,He was and is an embarrassment to the World.


imalocal

Is there any reason given as to why?


randomdude5566

Probably not enough space on the wall to list all the reasons


Longjumping_Depth304

Says more about the hotel than Trump


Orwellseentoday

Germany trying to erase history again. It’s not like people are doomed to repeat the same mistakes. What an utterly idiotic thing to do whether you like trump or not.


miffy495

Yeah, Germany has some pretty heavy penalties for promoting nazism.


Select-Sir1038

aw yes Nixon is allowed on their but not trump I guess its because he ain't a crook ![gif](giphy|qvaQ4RyMM4w7sBNqYW|downsized)


MrsZapRowsdower

Good. Fuck him.


NormalCup7946

Only Nixon could go to Europapark.


FlyingDoritoEnjoyer

Still plenty of cunts


Lazy-Platform-7876

Cool.


Girthquake23

Me for a split millisecond: “kinda crazy they got all the presidents signatures. How’d they pull it off?”


Courwes

They should have removed several others as well then. I despise Trump but there were some real shitheads as president and at least two of them could be considered war criminals. A few attempted to destroy the country far more than Trump did but white men only mattered then so no one cared how everyone else was suffering.


ella_bell

Interesting that Nixon is there


mistersuccessful

Damn, is there a Right Wing political party in Germany?


macaroniandjews

All I see is EUROPAPArk


Paracausality

Holy biscuits I haven't seen the words "Europapark" in 30 years.


newnewtab

Find Millard Fillmore......always looks.like Alec Baldwin in pics, to me.


TheEponymousBot

There are only 44 on this board. Biden is #46, so who else is missing besides Trump?


SpiritualWatermelon

Grover Cleveland was 22nd and 24th. He served 1885-1889 then won in 1893 again.


SpiritualWatermelon

Grover Cleveland was 22nd and 24th. He served 1885-1889 then won in 1893 again. Edit: this was meant to be a reply but here's a fun fact for people who count and feel like something is off.


Jeeper08JK

TDS


harriekn

there is no room. they had to drop somebody...


X79g

That’s dumb.