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” But could you help me: where is the fascination many Anglo-Saxons with the era 1933-45 stem from? I must say that it was dreadful for everyone involved. “

The liberals and Left of the West have used what happened in Germany in that period as absolutely foundational to how they constructed the Post-War World.

At core, the world post-WW2 is based on White Guilt for what happened. And the response has to be necessary atonement - even for the populations of Allied countries.

Every border war, no matter how remote or irrelevant is claimed to be the beginning of a genocidal world war of conquest.

Any self-assertion, nationalistic claim or ethnic self interest by any Western country is absolutely forbidden because it will supposedly lead to another Auschwitz. (One country used to be exempt from this prohibition, but that has now ended.)

Jonathan Bowden was a British National Party guy who spoke with great insight about this. (at the prompt).

https://youtu.be/5y3a3vSTgPI?t=1832

The liberals and Left of the West have used what happened in Germany in that period as absolutely foundational to how they constructed the Post-War World. At core, the world post-WW2 is based on White Guilt for what happened. And the response has to be necessary atonement - even for the populations of Allied countries.

They've used it as a hammer to bash economic nationalism and those who advocate "Borders, Language and Culture".

Thanks for sharing your interesting take on Menes’s question, and the link. I hadn’t even thought along those lines, but you’ve made some excellent points. I was focusing on my own interest in WWII history, and the search to educate myself about it. They didn’t teach us in the 60’s about this stuff. Like every other war or tragic event, the mantra is that people need to move on, and history gets lost in the dust.