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Old 11th December 2021, 20:25
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Re: Jagdwaffe vs. 332d Fighter Group

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Originally Posted by VtwinVince View Post
Nick, as a German citizen I feel I don't need a lecture on modern German politics. There seems to be a massive push in recent years to portray German society of that period as a racially obsessed construct, something which I would dispute, based in no small part on the experiences of my own family. But I don't want to hijack this thread any more than I already have.
Not intended as a lecture (I have a politics degree, so I hope I know a politics lecture when I hear one) just an observation based on my own conversations with Luftwaffe veterans recalling the pervasive nature of the propaganda. I would argue that the NSDAP did its best to make Germany racially-obsessed but not that it was totally successful.

P.S. I'm not sure where modern German politics starts for you (1949?) but I am a great admirer of the Bundesrepublik and the federal system.
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