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re: How did common German people re assimilate in Europe after WW2?
Posted on 3/20/18 at 5:03 pm to tigahbruh
Posted on 3/20/18 at 5:03 pm to tigahbruh
Another major factor was that during the 1920s when Germany looked to be recovering thanks to huge American loans, Hitler and the Nazis were the only ones denoucing the Weimar Government for taking out the loans. Everyone in Germany seemed to benifit from the huge American loans so the issue was a loser for the Nazis. That is until the Stock Market crash of 1929 when suddenly those loans were called in by the American creditors, thus collapsing the German economy and plunging them into a deep depression. The Great Depression has a bigger effect on Germany than perhaps any other county. It was a huge shock to the Germany people. They were desperate. And there was Hitler and the Nazis who had been warning them all along against the American loans that had lead to what seemed economic Armageddon. He was hailed as a phrophet. And the rest is history.
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Posted on 3/20/18 at 5:09 pm to Jim Rockford
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That was the older generation. The younger people were thoroughly disgusted with their country's past.
My brother was in the USAF and spent several months in Great Britain. He said the older people were pretty nice to them, but there was a lot of "Yankee Go Home' from the younger folks.
Posted on 3/20/18 at 5:10 pm to FightinTigersDammit
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but there was a lot of "Yankee Go Home' from the younger folks.
only because we were Jodying the hell out of their birds
Posted on 3/20/18 at 5:14 pm to 777Tiger
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only because we were Jodying the hell out of their birds
US dental health, FTW
Posted on 3/20/18 at 5:54 pm to Jim Rockford
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This is true. OTOH, you can't get anyone to admit they actually were a Nazi, and many were. A lot more were willing to go along with it as long as things were going well.
When my SO was married to her ex, she traveled extensively in Germany, and learned to speak German fluently. When people of the older generation got to know her and thought she was sympathetic, they would let their guard down and tell her what they really thought, and a lot of them weren't so fervently anti-Nazi as they let on for public consumption.
That was the older generation. The younger people were thoroughly disgusted with their country's past. That's one reason Germany currently bends over backward not to be seen as racist or anti-immigrant.
The Germans are not as xenophobic as the Japanese, but they do like their culture their way...not much different than anyplace else really. there were a large number of the older generation that emigrated to Mexico out of shame and to avoid NAZI's, and avoid losing their sons and wealth. I dont doubt there were a few salty ones left behind.
This post was edited on 3/21/18 at 9:39 am
Posted on 3/20/18 at 6:08 pm to jlovel7
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Were German people shunned for a long time after this by other nations?
Very little. It's something to think about - during the war everyone was bombarded by propaganda posters telling everyone that Germans and Japanese were all monsters who wanted nothing more than to spill American blood. Today we're all good buddies.
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