What I meant was: "If you used this metaphor [of a 'death march'] in Germany it would be way worse than saying 'We had to work like niggers' [in Germany]." The

What I meant was: "If you used this metaphor [of a 'death march'] in Germany it would be way worse than saying 'We had to work like niggers' [in Germany]." The latter would still be very offensive in Germany as well. I honest don't know if it would be "way worse" than saying it in the US, maybe it's about the same category. I don't really think there is a point in putting up a comparison whose crimes were worse. It's more an emotional response when people get offended than a rational one, anyway. Maybe it's only worth pointing out that genocide is seen a more grave category of crime than other forms of homicide in international law.