I had never heard of this famine. I read the article and found myself wondering how this impacts the collective subconscious and the culture as a whole. Probabl

I had never heard of this famine. I read the article and found myself wondering how this impacts the collective subconscious and the culture as a whole. Probably not in a good way. I'm Dutch. Purely anecdotal, of course, but I'd say: "not". I grew up in the north (struck by the famine) and moved south (not struck by the famine) half a life ago. I've noticed no differences in attitudes to food, Germans or WWII. A while ago some German ministry did a survey among populations of neighbouring countries and found that the Dutch liked the Germans the most. Anecdotally I can confirm this, everybody I know likes Germans and Germany. (And loves to point out their lack of a sense of humour) My dad was born during the famine (on a farm, thankfully) and I never heard him nor my grandma mention it in an other way than as a matter of fact.