many people outside of Germany don't see the Germans in the light of Bad Guys anymore.
For many people, this is thankfully true. But I certainly wouldn't say it's only the Germans who are left with the impression that Germans are the guilty ones. I just read a journal entry recently of someone who mentioned feeling guilty about being part German and having a Jewish husband.
Even worse, back when I was working for the Holocaust Museum and working evenings as a delivery girl, I was waiting at a restaurant for the order I was picking up to be done. A woman waiting for a seat struck up a converation with me, and I somehow mentioned both my day job at the museum and that I was planning my first trip to Germany. She basically went off the handle, asking how I could possibly justify going to visit a country full of murderers. She ranted for quite some time before I could make my escape, a perfect example of the prejudice, violence, and hatred she herself was condemning.
So, yeah, it's not everyone who bears the grudge but it's not no one, either.
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
timeasmymeasure
no subject
Date: 2004-08-13 10:04 am (UTC)For many people, this is thankfully true. But I certainly wouldn't say it's only the Germans who are left with the impression that Germans are the guilty ones. I just read a journal entry recently of someone who mentioned feeling guilty about being part German and having a Jewish husband.
Even worse, back when I was working for the Holocaust Museum and working evenings as a delivery girl, I was waiting at a restaurant for the order I was picking up to be done. A woman waiting for a seat struck up a converation with me, and I somehow mentioned both my day job at the museum and that I was planning my first trip to Germany. She basically went off the handle, asking how I could possibly justify going to visit a country full of murderers. She ranted for quite some time before I could make my escape, a perfect example of the prejudice, violence, and hatred she herself was condemning.
So, yeah, it's not everyone who bears the grudge but it's not no one, either.