does anyone still consider germany the enemy,i hear it every single day where i live the germans did this, the

Question

germans did that,what do you think of the germans bearing in mind the second world war endedover 60 years ago and we are now united against a new enemy

solveig; i dont hate you or anyone from germany after all my great grandmother was german,if i hate you i hate myself

Answer 1

im going on a study exhange there in January and I think the whole national shame thing is very interesting. i definitely don't think of them as the enemy. my first love was a German lady. They are just people.

Answer 2

This question could have been classified in several catagories (history, philosophy, politics, the list goes on). However, bear in mind that the victors get to write the history books. Had Germany won the 2nd World War, do you think the world would be in a much different situation from that obtaining at the present time? Would the nationalistic or racial views be much altered? Our world is shaped & changed by inventors, engineers, visionairies, scientists, but is run by politicians. The whole definition of the word "enemy" should be subjected to very close scrutiny. If an individual or nation holds opinions, ideas or objectives that are contrary to ones own, does this neccessarily make them an enemy? Remember that throughout history, warfare has led to accelerated technical advances and ultimitley to an improved lifestyle for the survivors. Had it not been for the R&D work carried on at Penemunde in Germany, the code breaking at Bletchlely Park in England and the Philladelphia Project in the US during the 2nd W.W. we would not have developed rocket science, computers or harnessing atomic energy to the extent we have now. Speaking as an engineer, I have every respect for the high standards of workmanship of German engineering. Speaking as an ex-serviceman in Germany in the 1960's, I found the German people to be courteous, friendly, and in the main better educated than their British counterparts. I would suggest You ignore what You hear from other sources & visit the country, see the sights, speak to the People and form your own oppinions. Travel broadens the mind! Keep your eyes & mind open.

Answer 3

I think people are still sensitive to the atrocities of WW2. We still have grandparents alive today that were affected by it, so it is still fresh in our cultural memory. The reality is that Germany is not the same country that it was during the second world war, and the majority of people living there today are good global citizens. It is a shame that the innocents such as those germans who were acting against the nazi regime, the children and grandchildren of germans who do not believe in the nazi ideology are held to be nazis or facists based on the country of their birth or the events that happened before they ever existed. I do not think, however, that the bulk of the world's population look at the Germany of today in this negative way, and I can only believe that in time that those hurts and fears will mend leaving a global "never again". It takes time; 60 years isn't all that long ago, historically speaking.

Answer 4

Here in UK, until very recently, as far as I know, the only history of Germany which was taught in our schools were the Hitler Years.

Naturally kids grow up disliking or even hating the Germans.

Look, it's like this. Merlin, the Arch-druid to The Once and Future King of the Island of Britain, King Arthur, wrote a book, in which he described a war, a perpetual war, waged between the Red Dragon of Britain and the White Dragon of Germany.

You must understand that Arthur and Merlin were entirely opposed to the influx of 'illegal' immigrants from Germany in c4th century AD.

Nothing has changed as far as I am concerned.

In the Holy Bible, the Christians are taught to forgive those who trespass against them and to turn the other cheek.

Any Christians who forgive the Germans [Nazis] for the Holocaust is right out of order. It is a matter for the Jews to decide and since I am not hearing words of forgiveness coming from them, I as a pagan remain implacably anti-German.



Brythonic Celt - victory to the Celts.

Answer 5

It is hard not to be wary of them based on their past history. Two major world wars in the last century. I don't think they are our enemy or our friends. They are Germans first and always no matter what they have done. I do not see any leader the equal of Hitler.

Answer 6

I quite like the Germans. I work with a veteran's organisation, and the only person who says they could never forgive the Germans for what they did, is someone who escaped Nazi Germany as a young boy on the Kindertransport.

The only others I've heard that don't like them, have never even been there.

Answer 7

It was not the Germans it was Hitler and The Nazis. If I were a Jew I would still consider germany as the enemy

Answer 8

Probably a lot of folk still have grudges against Germans, Japanese, Vietnamese, Cambodians, Muslims, Jews, and everyone else who's ever had an enemy.

Answer 9

I am German, and I consider myself the enemy of anyone who does any of the following:
a) start war(s) for unproven and stupid reasons (in some countries called "affirmative action", ahem)
b) impose their own culture on countries unwilling to give up their own identity
c) put the personal freedom of any person in danger (except when against the law, obviously)
d) put the well-being of people in danger for selfish reasons
e) promote prejudices against whole countries instead of keeping a steady dialogue to prevent any conflict

Go on, hate me.

Answer 10

without reading everyone else's answers, this just made me laugh so much, but it is not even really that funny that people are still on about the Germans, I don't know where you live but it must be like living in the fifties, mad, mad, mad.
Oh yeah, I don't consider Germans the enemy,
The enemy for me is anyone who wants to leave their homeland for a better life in another country, only to criticise the culture of that same country once they are living there.