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I wonder how much the WW2 allied atrocities (firebombing of civilians in Dresden) factors into this.

• jansan 4y ago
  I think the bombings have nothing to do with this. Hamburg was completely bombed to the ground, too, and there are not hard feelings left towards British or Americans. The reasons are found in the hard awakening after 40 years of socialism and the time during and after reunification.
  • Narretz 4y ago
    The firebombing of Dresden specifically has been instrumentallized by far right wing groups to put the German population in a victim role.
    • detaro 4y ago
      It nevertheless has little to nothing to do with the attitudes against foreigners.
    • blueflow 4y ago
      The rubble of the bombed downtown found a spot between the intact Wehrmacht barracks (today Stauffenbergallee) and intact SS headquarters in the Hellerhof. How does this come across?
• usrusr 4y ago
  Dresden xenophobes do like to make a point out of this, as if it would excuse anything. But other cities were hit hard as well and there even the most right wing prefer to avoid bringing it up. It does factor, but not causally in the way you seem to suggest.