Yes they do. They are also loathe to question authority. It was explained to me by a close relative who has lived in Germany for forty years. He said the Germans have a "subconscious collective guilt" from starting two world wars. It garnered no sympathy from me but he wasn't expecting it to, nor was he sympathetic.
Yes. They are an interesting amalgamation. “Germans have a “subconscious collective guilt” from starting two world wars. “ I saw this in colleagues, but yet they were overtly, astonishingly arrogant.