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Right now governments all over the world are acting very similar to what was 1930's Germany. However, my point is that any country given the same set of circumstances can go down the same path as what Germany did. Gary Fleming 2y 1963 Point taken but the Treaty of Versailles was very much a major cause of WW2 and assisted Hitler in coming to power. Guessing you are Canadian and I lived there for 11 years. Something perhaps we could learn from today. Having said all of that, my father always said that those times were some of the best years of his life as people bonded together as they had to. In other words 2 wrongs don't make a right. I am certainly not proud of what we did by firebombing Dresden. My Grandmother always said "The only good German is a dead German" but I don't hold to that. And yes this scene shows the SS but the song is about German pride. Yes the Nazis were horrible but not all Germans were Nazis. Nonetheless, the war is 75 years ago and nearly everyone has passed from that era. All in all, we lost 11 family members in the war. He told a different story about the Battle of the Bulge where the Brits and Canadians had to fall back to help the Americans. My uncle was a tank driver in North Africa and eventually in Europe. In fact he lived in 4 different houses as 3 got completely destroyed from bombings. However, my dad was brought up in Hull in northern England which also got hammered by the Luftwaffe. Gary Fleming 2y 1963 No, I wasn't as I am only 60 years of age. Blech served in the Wermacht so him singing this. Having Shaw sing this song with the younger troops is one thing, but having Blech sing it? That is pretty tough.
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