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A Letter to America… from Germany

As a historian, as a German, as an American, I found this message very poignant.

I understand why the Omas have organized.

After WWII, Germany was divided and devastated. It took a long, long time for both sections to recover.

West Germany had to focus on rebuilding and re-establishing itself as a democracy with the new capital in Bonn and did not recover until the mid 60s

I remember West Germany from the 70s and 80s, and while it had become a prosperous and stable country by that time, there was still that shame that lingered. You did not talk about that time, you just did not. The shame was too intense.

The 3R was nothing to be proud of. The legacy of that amount of death and destruction to the world is a burden. 

The Omas and the young man reading the letter know what they’re talking about.