See Ian Black, in the Guardian, 2005-01-24.

The French diplomat quoted in the opening sentence is absolutely right. In a country where German history in bookshops is all about the Third Reich, with maybe one or two books about Hildegard of Bingen or royalty for the ladies and where the typical TV history programme has a title like "Was Hitler gay?" or "Hitler's other ball", I could go on, you might expect something of the horror to rub off, but to hear many Brits talk, even Brits with Dr before their names, you'd think Hitler's worst fault was his nationality. "At least I'm not German", sniff, is the attitude it promotes. How many people in Britain know the first thing about Germany before 1933 or after 1945?

I remember getting anti-semitic abuse from an older girl at primary school, and I'm pretty sure I'm not Jewish.

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