Posted on 07/05/2026 9:39:26 AM PDT by V_TWIN
A German soccer fan who came to America to support his national team during the 2026 World Cup completely broke down on live television after realizing the nonstop anti-American propaganda he was fed back home was total garbage.
Sebastian Kraus got emotional during an interview with NBC 10 Boston after experiencing real American kindness that shattered everything the media had told him.
He admitted he was scared to travel to the United States because of the constant news about shootings, criminals, and claims that the country is not safe.
Then a man named Bob and his family from New England stepped in when Sebastian and his group got stranded. They offered the Germans a ride to their hotel, no questions asked.
That simple act of generosity changed everything.
Sebastian told the reporter he watched the farewell video with Bob dozens of times.
“I watched the video by myself maybe 40 times. I had tears in my eyes.”
Perhaps the most remarkable moment came when Sebastian admitted he has fallen in love with this country.
He even cried in the stadium. He was more upset about the prospect of leaving America than Germany being eliminated from the tournament.
As his trip came to an end, he delivered a message that many in today’s polarized world could benefit from hearing.
“Americans are not rude. Germans are not rude. If we are together, we can achieve great things.”
According to the NBC report, Kraus extended his stay in the United States to celebrate Independence Day in Washington, D.C., before returning home to Germany, where he said he intends to tell friends and family about the America he actually experienced, rather than the one often portrayed in headlines.
The story serves as a reminder that while many legacy media outlets around the world frequently focus on America’s problems, millions of ordinary Americans continue to display the generosity, hospitality, and neighborly spirit that have long defined the nation.
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Can it be any worse than the non-stop anti-American propaganda we are fed on American news networks?
I am naturalized US citizen since 1970. Sometimes I forget how good US is until I visit other countries, especially country of my birth, India. Even when I visited my in-laws in Sweden, they all live in apartments, individual 3 BR homes are not common.
The German civilian caretaker of our rifle range was a WW2 paratrooper who jumped into Crete
Hopefully he didn’t take part in the massacre that happened there.
👍🙂
Ha ha ha… That was hilarious!
Gosh. I miss those days of that kind of humor. Two talented men there…
I recall going into a gasthaus in Erlenbach, small town north of Stuttgart, and inadvertently sitting at the stammtisch. When I realized my mistake and took myself to another table, the lone “Stammer” waved me back and bid me sit.
Another time, we had been posted as convoy road guides and about the same instant that I hopped out of the five quarter ton, the convoy roared past in the correct direction, no thanks to me. We were bivoucing and the opportunity was too good to pass up, so we went to the local gasthaus to get some decent chow, at around 11:30 AM. When we went in, in muddy boots, and the grandma snuck us a worried look through a partially opened kitchen door, which quickly closed. A minute or two later a tall fit looking elderly man appeared, presented himself at our table and smartly saluted, “Ich war auch Soldat, mit Luftwaffe in Greichenland!” He set gramma to work whipping up our Kalbsschnitzel mit Spätzle, and brought us Bier. Schmeckt gut!
The most arrogant pricks you will ever meet while traveling liberals. They all say the same thing... “Americans are so stupid and unsophisticated because they don’t travel to other countries.”
They have zero concept of just how huge this great country is. My county is bigger than half the countries in Europe.
And now... Those stupid liberals think learning Arabic and Swahili to cater to the imported turds makes them good people.
“Hopefully he didn’t take part in the massacre that happened there.“
As he related the story, he was among those who were met by the local pitchfork brigade immediately after landing. He spent the remainder of the war as a POW.
,,, when were you last in Germany?
,,, I've been on the receiving end of kindness in both countries and I can relate to the experience Mr Kraus has disclosed.
Happy you should mention that. ;-D
I was having supper with a generation zero German family when the father said something about not being able to understand why Americans flew the American flag and always made a point to thank solders for their service. He added that Germans don't do all that patriotic crap. Well, God bless my angry soul, I responded that is simply because our troops rescue people from concentration camps rather than taking them there.
The rest of the evening was pretty quiet.
Good for you.
“I don’t like Americans - took me a prisoner in 1942 - made me harvest corn in Tennessee!”
I go to a 4H camp here in Crossville, TN, that was a POW camp for German POws in WWII. It’s on POw Road.
We’ve heard that some of the prisoners were treated so well here, and they liked the area so much, that after the war many returned here to live.
I think my former POW was pulling my leg - I have no doubt they were treated vey well in Tennessee. A little later in the conversation, he mentioned having a bother living Cincinnati and he said that he’d like to visit him. I told him to go ahead “we’re a lot friendlier these days”.
2007. Both my parents were German. I'm a first generation American and I know the German people better that any American.
I worked with a German engineer who was 11 when the US Army rolled through his town. He and his friend filled their coat pockets with rocks to throw at the US soldiers. The soldiers threw Hershey candy bars back at them. So they emptied their pockets and filled them up with candy bars.
,,, you've gotta be better off in Alaska then :)
Neat story.
I spent 8 years stationed in Germany and I can echo your sentiments. I found that if you tried to speak German the Germans were very patient with you. My problem was that I knew the German word but couldn’t pronounce it correctly.
The vast majority of German POWs loved the US. They were fed better than they were in Germany before the war.
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