I understand that, up until a few years ago, the response of any German to the question “Who was Hitler?” was “Oh, he built the Autobahn and made the trains run on time...”
That reminds me of a story about sunny southern Spain.
While Franco was yet in power a western news reporter went about the nation trying to find those who truly liked el Caudillo. He searched and searched and couldn’t find a soul who would offer a quote for publication.
Finally he found one who said he’d comment but with a stipulation. He said he would speak,but the reporter had to obtain a boat and row far out on the Mediterranean. So the reporter did that.
Once they were far enough out the reporter asked the Spaniard: “O.K. What do you think of Franco.”
The answer came in a whisper, “I like him.”
Sarge: that was Mussolini who got the trains to run on tim
Hitler got the boxcars to Bergen Belsen to run on time.