[Antoninus]

Der Spiegel argues that the far-right has profited from a new willingness among Germans in books and films to examine their own suffering during the war including the firebombing of cities, mass rape by Soviet soldiers and the expulsion of 15 million ethnic Germans from eastern Europe in 1945.

Actually, the problem stems from the cover-up of these atrocities. The Germans suffered worse than anyone in the aftermath of WWII. A strong case could be made that they deserved it. Well, that's fine. But there's absolutely no reason these atrocities, mainly committed by the Soviets, shouldn't be brought to light and to people's attention. While everyone knows about the Holocaust, practically no one knows about the millions of German women who were raped, the 5-7 million Germans killed and the millions more who were forcibly displaced in eastern Europe--all after hostilities had supposedly come to an end.

[Cornpone]

I wouldn't assume people are not aware of these atrocities. However, I think the general feeling is the German people brought terror on themselves.