Over 30 years ago, my Mom and Dad were on the QE2, which had picked up a lot of new waiters at its last port of call in Hamburg.
A British couple at the next table said “Oh my...they have quite a few Germans on staff this passage, don’t they”.
To which my Mom, in her broad Boston accent responded, “DON’T MENTION THE WAR.”
The entire dining room erupted into laughter, and my parents and the British couple remained best friends for the rest of their lives.