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Thinking of Germany, what comes to your mind?

j brown's body said:
Their ability to come to terms with their racist, genocidal past.

I'm envious.
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Hi J,

They shown they've come to terms by now. Have you? Can you accept that a German, today, is not a treat for democracy?

I do not mean this as a personal attack at all. I am envious too. What I am trying to say is that not only they need to come to terms with that, but we do to. I remember my moms reaction when my sister got a visit from a guy in Germany... She let the poor guy sleep in his car outside. Was not allowed to sleep in our house. That was very very wrong of my mom. But those were different times, and clearly, my mom had not come to terms with the German people yet. Later she was ok, but it took a few more years.... lol.

Joey
 
Rumpel said:
Beer, sausage, and sauerkraut ...

and what else?
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A trip to Berlin in 1994: the Brandenburg Gate (!), the bakeries, Kurfürstendamm, a Jewish cemetery in a residential section of East Berlin, having lunch in a neighborhood restaurant/cafe in East Berlin (the server, when she realized we were from the USA, changed the recorded German music to American pop, which was sweet), walking on deserted side streets in East Berlin after midnight and feeling perfectly safe....the bakeries! All in all, a very nice trip/stay.
 
JoeyJoystick said:
Hi Rumpel,

My first thought? You are my neighbours. And you're good neighbours. Damn good neighbours!



But WWII is history I have always be very interested in. So that always lingers in the background and is probably my second thought.

Now this could easily be construed as a negative comment, but it is not meant like that at all. Or at least not from my perspective. The German people today do not represent Nazism at all.

The thing is, history is what shapes are future in many ways. On my part, I just want to make sure people do not forget what happened back in '40-'45. Because if anyone thinks that this happened because their were German people in Germany, than you are mistaken. This can happen in any country, as you can see today in the US and many other countries around the world. A new growing, but worrying, trend.


Joey
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well said!
 
Pyrite said:
A trip to Berlin in 1994: the Brandenburg Gate (!), the bakeries, Kurfürstendamm, a Jewish cemetery in a residential section of East Berlin, having lunch in a neighborhood restaurant/cafe in East Berlin (the server, when she realized we were from the USA, changed the recorded German music to American pop, which was sweet), walking on deserted side streets in East Berlin after midnight and feeling perfectly safe....the bakeries! All in all, a very nice trip/stay.
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fine memories!
 
Merz as the new Chancellor
 
Merz in Washington yesterday
 
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