I'm from hier ;-) and I'm painfully aware how long some institutions take. However Hollywood was/is an important outlet of the allies, and the movie depicted ba

I'm from hier ;-) and I'm painfully aware how long some institutions take. However Hollywood was/is an important outlet of the allies, and the movie depicted bad stuff done by the Nazis (I think? never saw it). So I believe it's reasonable that they have exerted some influence (stuff like that certainly happened in the french sector, I was told). It was released uncut on VHS (1978 in the US, so 1979/1980 in Germany; VHS for home use came about 1976). So if it was "eventually/finally shown uncut" that probably refers to running in the cinema; this leaves only the option that (a) during the initial run they moved from the cut to the uncut version or (b) there was a rerun at some point [maybe for the VHS release]. Anyway, I find it difficult to research this and also don't care enough; the movie is just too obscure in Germany, and certainly not my favorite genre. P.S.: Yes, I know about Wolfenstein; but that's a different medium in a different age.