>> the quality of the german soldier is not the question
What else then German warfare or not warfare is the topic on Freerepublic ?
Everyone seems to be an "expert" in Nazi times - the rest is silence.
The time between 33 and 45 is important to know and the hollocaust not to be forgotten. That's a predominant attitude of germans. We feel to be the sentinels of this important legacy - and we are about the only nation that stands open and without hesitation to the sins of it's own past.
In the US or in France a rememberance and openess like that would certainly not be possible.
In your view would Holocaust survivors qualify as being "experts"?
"In the US or in France a remembrance and openess like that would certainly not be possible."
I agree, there is a prevailing 'official' problem, but it is a topic which is debated.
In terms of France, the despicable pro-Nazi Vichy era is not a subject which the majority of Frenchmen wish to discuss. Relating to America as well as England, there were many victims of Nazism which could have been saved - but were turned away, sent back to the Hell of the Shoah.