jsalathe

My dad grew up in East Prussia which was isolated from the rest of Germany. He was very patriotic and was a leader in the Hitler Youth. After the war he was deeply ashamed of what his country and the Nazi's had done and he spent the rest of his life atoning for it with the Jews. He went so far as to have his memorial service in a synagogue.

He did not speak about it until much later in life and as he was beginning to suffer from Alzheimer's he wrote a book about his experiences as a child under Hitler and then Stalin: Farewell Marienburg

You probably won't find a doctor who endorses suing another doctor.

My dad was wildly patriotic as a leader in the Hitler Youth. He lived isolated in East Prussia and had a difficult time escaping the Russians and East Germany. After the war, when the Nazi atrocities were exposed it crushed his soul and he never joined another organization again. He distrusts governments and patriotism. He wrote a book about it called Farewell Marienburg

My father's family felt the same way. They were part of the Prussian diaspora at the end of the war. They migrated west in hopes of falling into US or British rule because they feared the Soviets. Unfortunately his family did not go far enough west and were caught in East Germany for a few decades.

The Allies were seen as having the moral high ground of the war - even by patriotic Germans. Even though most of them did not know about the Concentration Camps and other atrocities, they could see theirs was a war of aggression.

My dad was on the German side of the war. This mentality made the US the true victor. We respected and took care of our enemies after the war. As thanks, the Japs and Germans became allegiant to us for generations.