What do you think, when you think about Germany?

Answer 1

I think about my grand parents & how they lived & then, after I visited Germany, what made them come over here besides Hitler.
We aren't Jewish, so besides just not liking what he was up to, why did they want to come to the US...

Answer 2

Germany is a great country and great people. The entertainment industry has shaped a view of the German people for us with all of the movies about the war and about them being sinister. They have been a good ally to the US since the end of WWII and have a lot to offer us as we do them. Its sad when our popular culture, which includes the most bizarre, inaccurate media in the world, creates stereotypes of people and we base our opinions based on these horrible stereotypes. Germany is a good example of what can happen to a country that is decimated by war, that being the First World War, and how a charistmatic, clever leader (Hitler) can take control. That can happen in a great many countries when someone tries to exploit hate and differences such as the religious fanatics in our country, Ireland, Iraq, etc. Germany is both a good lesson of what can happen to a country and also a good lesson of how to live past that.

Answer 3

Clean, neat, tidy.The people (contrary to popular belief) have a great sense of humour, but get a bit peeved if you're a few minutes late. Signs that made me laugh ( A big revolving orange sign on a garage roof that said W ANKO, directions to Wangerland, a dentist called Helmut Sander, and seeing the word SCHMUCK in shop windows. Means jewellery, in Germany anyway)

Answer 4

My special sweetheart who was born in Germany. I have had a lot of not so great relationships but know at a late age I have found the love of my life. Plus she cooks some great German food.

Answer 5

The end of the Cold War and the falling of the Berlin Wall (when I was 16).
Two of my closest uni friends came from Germany and sadly I've lost touch with them.

Answer 6

I think of Beer, Wursts, Jagerschitzel, Great times, Oktoberfest, Volksfest, Staus, Autobahn, Good Friends, Beer, Backereis, Metzgereis, Volksmarches, U-Bahns, Nurenburg, Furth, Vilseck, Wurzburg, Schweinfurt, Grafenwohr, Hohenfels, Old Soldiers, I think of Germany with the fondest of memories. How about you ???

Answer 7

The time I spent living there, my friends who are from there, my dissertation (translation of post 1940s GDR literature <3), the fact that I ought to go back there and practise my German, Gluehwein, Schwarzbrot and the time I saw a guy in Muenchen (Munich) dressed in such a cool traditional Bayerisch (Bavarian) outfit that I had my picture taken with him.

Answer 8

A very clean well kept country. I have lots of German friends who are very caring and they do not like anything said about the war.
There is new generations there so forget tarring them with the same brush as that unmentionable person.

Answer 9

I think of a young couple called Jeanette and Wolfgang who were back-packing here in the 1960`s they were looking for somewhere to stay for the night. My Aunt took them in, they stayed for two weeks.On their return home they sent my Aunt a gift a Bosch Food mixer, she has it to this day.

Answer 10

Smart people with tiny glasses. Turkish guest workers. Beautiful churches. Red tile roofs. Ghastly weather. Faust.