For those who say nations should forget past experiences and move on, this is yet another example that collective historical memory is difficult to shake off.
Other prime examples are Confederate flags inside the US Capitol about 150 years after the US civil war ended.
Some Pakistanis believe polio vaccine is a foreign conspiracy to sterilise Muslims, because CIA ran a fake campaign with legit doctors who went from door to door on a spying mission while administering plain water to infants.
Iran's distrust of everything and anything that comes out of the mouths of white men in suits.
Etc.