A lot of
people I know who were
travelling to the
USA have been asked this.
To be
honest, I'm
shocked of the
ignorance of
people asking questions like this.
But how ignorant does one have to be not to notice what is going on outside his own little world ?
It seems to me these persons have
once heard the words "
Germany" and "
Nazi" in context with "
World War II", "
Hitler" and "
Holocaust". I guess they don't even know WHAT
happened during World War II, what was going on in Germany. They were told by their
parents that Germans are Nazis, that they want to
rule the world and
kill all
jews. Then they have built up a
plot that fits into this
frame of
words and their view of the world.
That's it. "I feel
satisfied with the
information I have, with the
picture I've painted for myself. I have
something to be
outraged about, maybe I have something to
hate, to
define as
bad."
What kind of world is this, that people live in who
accept their
community with all its
ideals and
guidelines, without asking for
backgrounds, without
criticizing, without
filtering information ?
To answer the headline:
There are indeed several
right-extreme groups in Germany.
There are so-called "
Neo-Nazis".
There are racists.
They are a minority, but they are more mighty than they should be.
The government is fighting them.
But you should fight ignorance and censorship as well.
It's not better than racism.