With friends like these...
"With friends like these..."
It may not be as one-sided a friendship as you imply. A year or so ago, a visiting orchestra from Germany played Wagner, I believe, in Israel. The conductor did not apologize for it, and the Israeli audience largely appreciated it. A sensible reaction, IMO. Why deny hearing beautiful music, because Hitler might have liked it too? For that matter, Ludwig REALLY liked Wagner's music, and Newschwanstein's rooms are decorated with images of the stories. Now, I guess one would have to boycott Ludwig's castles, because Ludwig liked Wagner, and Hitler liked Wagner; and Hitler was bad, so Wagner must be bad; so Ludwig's castles must be shunned. And it goes without saying that all Germans who like Wagner are closet Nazis . . . And even the ones who don't, are still closet Nazis. Well, not even closet Nazis, just Nazis, period; you can tell can't you, by everything they say and do. It is all suspect, all actions and words driven by a total devotion to anti-semitism. Which you will easily see if that is the conclusion you are already looking for.