@coldjoint,
coldjoint wrote:Quote:We have seen the "cultural suicide"
The whole world has seen it.
I truly think that we (at least the vast majority of Germans) are thankful that the whole world reacted and we got rid of the Nazis in 1945.
Most think, too, that it has been good that the GDR disappeared. Certainly less than compared to the Nazis, but certainly not the whole world acted.
I don't think, however, that the GeStaPo's and the Stasi's can be attributed to "Western Europe" in general - we just now remember the anniversary of the Odessa Massacre ...