I don’t get how the Germans considered themselves to be the ‘master race’ They seem to be very stupid to me!
[ I dont get how the Germans considered themselves to be the master race They seem to be very stupid to me! ]
Dunning Krueger effect...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect
Don't confuse stupidity with stubbornness. Also as another German acquaintance quoted to me on the German people: 'we are born followers and we think we're better than everyone else'. That's a bad combination!