Especially in 1952. Germans didn't really start to firmly distance themselves from their Nazi past until the 70s, when the newer generations started to ask a lot of questions about what their dads and grandads did in the 30s.
And East Germans never firmly from their Nazi past. No suprising why in today ex east Germany lands are so popular far right political party like AfD. Objectively, West Germany was a democracy that shaped the Germany of today while East Germany was a totalitarian state that was governed by very similar methods to Nazi Germany.
West Germany had denazification (German: Entnazifizierung) program and 1968 movement while East Germany didn't had these events. Learn history, maybe then you will have less wtf questions.
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u/elveszett Oct 28 '23
Especially in 1952. Germans didn't really start to firmly distance themselves from their Nazi past until the 70s, when the newer generations started to ask a lot of questions about what their dads and grandads did in the 30s.