William Cook: Why We Still Hate the Germans

The English hate the Germans more than their grandfathers who actually fought Hitler. The truth is we know we will never live up to their heroism, writes William Cook.
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xeura This article should be called "William Cook: Why we can't get over something that happened 40 years ago". 9/28/2009
sean, from UK all of you need to stop hating on the germans and the brits.

the whole world is bad.
9/7/2009
dzaiguy wes = right 8/6/2009
QA You tell him, JT. 8/4/2009
JT hey Jordan, your a dick. either you are really insecure and need something to make fun of to make yourself feel better, or your the biggest racist i know. i ever see you, i will probably beat you. . We germans are stronger then youl ever be, both mentally and physically. 7/26/2009
Wes Im a German Canadian who has lived here for 16 years. I find it weird how people accuse us of starting world war one. in fact, if anything, we were only defending ourselves. if France and Britain had responded to our Ultimatum to stop mobilizing troops, we wouldnt have invaded France, or any other country for that matter, so you Frenchies and Brits need to lay off about it. And about ww2, what good is it calling present day Germans Nazi's? mmh? we obvioulsy arnt, and the German people had no control over what hitler and his Nazi party did. We couldnt stop what he was doing, unless we wanted to be executed. You cant blame us for the Concentration camps, or the war crimes committed by the German Reich. IT takes soldiers to committ war crimes, not civillians. Most of the German soldiers wernt as blood drunk as they are portrayed to be, read a history book. They were simply following orders just as the brits and french were. and we wernt the only one to committ war crimes, but you only hear about ours because we lost. if we had of won, you would hear about the Russian shooting of over 1000 german prisoners, and plenty more who were malnusrished in POW camps. You would hear about the 75 murdered German POW's in Caen, France. My Grandfather was one of them. Your lucky to have won, or else all YOUR war crimes would be known world wide. So, in the end, we arnt as big of dicks as you think, and we arnt Nazi's, and you Brits and Frenchies are just as guilty as us when it comes to war crimes. 7/26/2009
QA Dude, you're just having a conversation with yourself. There isn't possibly that much people who could unreasonably hate the Germans, and not be able to spell for anything in one day, so I know that you're just using different names to make us think that you're a bunch of different idiots having a stupid talk.

And honestly, it's really pathetic.
5/25/2009
fran i am german and i am so ashamed of myself for it. when ever anyone ask's me were im from try i to avoid answering. im not a bad person myself but i acept that many of my ansesters were. im sorry on behalf of my ansestors but please give me a break im a decent guy. 5/15/2009
gav y are there people saying 'why dont u h8 the japs?' we do wnkers but we only fort them once in ww2. we fort the germans on many many occasions and in all of them it was the germans who started it. 5/15/2009
h8r here here dave. its not just the nazi's,lets not forget they started the worst war in human history ww1 and killed 50,000 brits in one day at the somme. they then followed that up with ww2 and genoside. now they hate us even tho we defended their terrotory thro the cold war. i hate germans more then any other country because they aare the most evil 5/15/2009
dave big cock i showed my gradad this article and he told me tales that would help u to understand why we hate the german. he was in tears thinking bout his lost friends and why? because of some hole of a country got gready. even today people are still hurt. 5/15/2009
muhammed I've meet several Germans who claim they could have won both wars and that the world would be a better place. they seem to relish any pathetic excuse to kill people. 5/15/2009
brit boy rob why did the germans kill my great grandad and then come back years later and kill both my grandads? why? 5/15/2009
gav im sick of germans saying look at all the good theyve done 'my german grandad saved a jew'. we have to acept that their was a small amount of good germans but much more bad. if i were a german conscripted to fight in the first world war i would rather be executed then kill an inocent man,i would not feel the same way fighting for britain against a german. why have they killed so many? answer that u german prcks. 5/15/2009
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5/11/2009
A German Very educated! I am a German who's lived in England for seven years. I must say I've never experienced more hatred towards Germans by any other nation than the brits. Awful! It just shows the level of education. I've met some great people while living in England. Unfortunately the common tattooed english man was horrid! Very sad! We musn't forget what happened over sixty years ago but we should learn from it. We can't get it right if we allow to let the lower class people take over! By the way, I've lived in several countries but I've never experienced as much violence, hooliganism, binge drinking and anti social behaviour until I came to England. I find it rather sad as England is such a beautiful country! 4/13/2009
Seaman Also for Jordan, leave Kevin and Germany alone, they're both superior to you.

And Kevin, Germany IS a powerful country, nice work.
2/21/2009
Seaman Connor, it looks like you're saying that you hate Germans for a different reason (which, I gotta say, meeting a couple of people who happen to be German are mean to YOU, I'm not surprised) and then saying that they have a bad reputation, well, I hate to be Mr. Literal, but that's the same reason. Plus, saying that they're "horrible people" was WAY out of line, and COMPLETELY uncalled for. This makes YOU a horrible person.

PS - Way to spell "Conner" wrong. Get a life.
2/21/2009
Seaman Jordan, not only are you sticking up for millions of innocent people, you're offending some more millions of innocent people. 2/21/2009
Akbar I agree with Tonya 100%. William Cook, this article was a completely piece of incoherent drivel. If you can't think of a decent article to write about, without your stupid ancestors involved, you haven't yet earned an account here. 1/11/2009
Tonya I am a German-American, my Great Grandmother hide an American soldier in her home during the war. So why do people call me a Nazis still today? Because of hate. NOT EVERY GERAM WAS A NAZIS. If people would just stop and think about that onece in a while maybe we could all find some peace 11/23/2008
Roy I have just the watched Schindlers List film with my son as they are finding out about the war. Understandable as it is remembrance day tomorrow the school has asked to find out about the world wars.

I had to explain to move son why people would kill other people, He is eight year old and unfortunately he was sitting at the top of the stair watching the program with out us knowing.

I found it very difficult to explain why German people killed other people. I tried to explain it was because they had different beliefs but his reaction was that they were still people ( his words). I would like to Ask how can I explain to an eight year old why Germans killed people because of there believes in WWI and WWII can some one help
11/8/2008
Ian Mitcheson What a load of bollocks, my father fought the germans in WW2, i am 47 years old & would gladly lay my life on the line should the same situation arise. It has nothing to do with heroics, patriotism maybe. 6/19/2008
Mo what aload of bollocks, anyone who thinks that should take alook at the good the German army has done, every nation has done bad things, grow up 5/26/2008
Tim Well, brits have ever had cliché-ridden about germans, look at the recent Peugeot TV ad, remember the world ccampionship 2006, (...) - the most people on both sides forget at this, it's just a game. Football was ever #1 reason to make trouble...
Learning to forgive is one of the most important rules to have a existence in peace. Times changed, Germany isn't the same as in Hitlers dictate. There are hard working people and parents who love their children as in every other country on the whole world, too. Sure, there are still some racists, but tell me just ONE, only one other country without!
3/22/2008
One surviver. Well to ask forgiveness from a generation who did not see their grandparents or other members of their families, because the germans put them in gas chambers, and burned them in the crematorium it is reall a provocative demand. How many germans did during the war demonstrated or striked in order to stop their german brothers fom butchering millions of innocent people? The geneation of those who survived the attrocitis of german people were very forgiving, otherwise there would not be today Germany or a German people. 12/5/2007
britishlove I wish there was another Hitler he would wipe out the British once and for all. 11/24/2007
. I'm half Irish... 10/4/2007
Spencer My grandparents are from Germany. And just little verification Nazis killed innocent Germans as well as the British you know. I just think that you racist pricks should just get used to the planet Earth. Guess this article is a start. 9/17/2007
Polo I come from German and Israeli descent. And even if I weren't part German (and yes I have ancestry which was Jewish that was wiped out by Nazis who happened to be German) I wouldn't hate Germans because the Nazis killed innocent Germans as well as the British. Something obvious is that this war was a long time ago (Not in your standards maybe) and a common German today is innocent and respectful. (This note should also go to Connor Jordan James and all the racists out there) and speaking of which if you guys say the Germans have a terrible reputation why don't you people hate the Japanese huh? They did the exact as the Germans. (As well as Italians believe it or not). And I don't know what Zach there is up to but his comment seems Stereotypical also. 9/2/2007
Alan I hate how you people can be racist towards me because I'm German. I'm a quarter German and I wasn't even alive in that war. You can't just call me a Nazi because I'm German. Germans died in that war too you know. Not just British people. One of my German ancestors got killed by a Nazi. Not all Germans were Nazis. Now get that through your thick skull. Why aren't you people against the Japanese huh? Oh yeah you hate the Germans all because they wiped out your so called Grandfathers. Well you're just like them. You're weak ugly and friendless due to your racism and interest in Hell. Thats where you out to live. You and your idiotic Grandfathers. If thats what they really are. You just need to shut your mouth and get used to something called real life. It'll make your experience much better.

So lets play the get over yourself game.
8/9/2007
Alexander Both Williams and Connors comments about the Germans are incredibly racist. I'm 25% German and never did my German ancestry be evil like you said all of them were. I despise you for your bigotry and ignorance! You should join the KKK because you share their exact beliefs Connor! Racist prick! 8/9/2007
Niko I am an American and come from German and Jewish descent. Both from my mother. Sure a lot of people were wiped out by the Nazis and sure the Nazis happened to be German but it wasn't their German that made them evil. Being an ethnic group doesn't make you bad. It's your actions. Some of my Jewish were wiped out by the Nazis but it's just the Nazis I blame not the whole German race. Just be glad you're still alive. And Hitler wasn't even German. He was born in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Some of the Nazis were forced to be Nazis. Some were wanting to do this but it wasn't them being German that made them do all this. It's their actions. Thank you. 7/20/2007
Max I am part English and part German. I do hate what the Germans did to my English grandfathers but it also happened to my GERMAN grandfathers because my German were NOT in the Nazi army ok. 7/14/2007
Zach 48 percent of Germans beleive Iran is more dangerous than the US
Scientology is virtually outlawed.
Racism runs rampant still, with "no go" zones shown in berlin for the world cup.
Only the vanquished remember history."
-Marshall McLuhan
7/10/2007
JB I am an American and come from German and Scottish descent. I think that we have done bad thing in our life (and were once overrated) and I am not offended by this article because I understand that your grandfathers were wiped out by the Nazis. Some of my Scottish ancestry were wiped out by the English. Although that happened to the Scottish, the English are not all bad. But, Germans are not totally bad and we can fix this by thinking of the future and how that will turn out. Not all Germans are bad. Not all English people are bad. I dont think that a whole ethnic group is evil, or bad. I just think that their army and Government were bad back then. They are better today. Infact, the Nazis were just forced to join this evil army. Many people died because of one mans madness. The Nazis were just forced. Hitler is the only bad person. He was not even German. He was just the dictator of Germany. So, there is really no reason to hate the Germans. It is up to you. 5/26/2007
? you know why i hate you? its because you people wiped out so much of our indian grandfathers. you should be the last one talking. you dont have a damn clue what youre talking about. i am indian and i think that you saying that you are so innocent after what you did to us indians is a huge lye! 5/24/2007
? jessica... thank u 4 thinkin bout the indians. u r very nice. 5/23/2007
? Connor how dare u say that stuff about Germany. 5/23/2007
pc wtf is wrong with you connor? "they are quite horrible people.." you are the horrible person. and screw you! 5/20/2007
connor very interesting, but i hate germans because i lived there for a while and have known such rude, unfriendly and unhumerous people.they have a terrible reputation because they are quite simply horrible people.. 5/14/2007
joseph this shall be my last comment. i am a lot of things and only one country that hitler did NOT invade. if not my hungarian. if germany did not invade hungary, that is two things because i am hungarian, too. 5/2/2007
jay my hungarian grandfathers fought hitler and i am german too. 5/2/2007
? to james and jordan: error 404: file not found. oops! i mean error 404: brain not found! great! you morons fat fingered the stupidest comments on earth! dandy, just dandy! either you were brain washed or youre just stupid! either way, i can now luagh out loud at such a stupis mistake! even if it wasnt your fault that youre so stupid! 4/30/2007
? james u gay piece of #####! u r a mother#####! 4/29/2007
? This was a very, very stupid article! of course, you know that i am german and indian and i think that this is crazy! you are acting so idiotic! 4/29/2007
? i am an american and come from german and indian descent. what the germans feel? can be bad. but, it can be good. 4/29/2007
joseph screw u, jordan! 4/21/2007
JOSEPH SO, WTF DONT YOU HATE THE JAPANESE, YOU RACIST! 4/21/2007
JOSEPH YOU KNOW WHAT JORDAN, YOU NEED TO GROW UP! 4/21/2007
JOSEPH HITLER WAS A NUSINS, BUT HE IS GONE AND THIS WAS A STUPID ARTICLE TO WASTE YOUR TIME ON IT. I HAVE A GERMAN MOTHER WITH AN AUSTRIAN FATHER AND OTHER THINGS MOST OF WHAT GERMANY INVADID. JUST FACE THE POSIBILITIES. 4/21/2007
joseph OH GOD! SHUT UP, SHUT UP, SHUT UP! 4/18/2007
J THE NORWEGIAN OH GOD, SHUT UP, SHUT UP, SHUT UP! YOU DONT SEE THE NORWEGIANS COMPLAINING! 4/4/2007
JAY THIS IS THE STUPIDEST ARTICLE IVE EVER SEEN! YOU KNOW THAT I AM HALF NORWEGIAN. EVERY NORWEGIAN HAS STOPPED THIS CRAP, BUT YOU JUST WONT SHUT UP! 4/4/2007
BENSON HEY, I AM HALF NORWEGIAN AND DO YOU SEE ME COMPLAINING? HELL NO! I HAVE BEEN OVER THIS CRAP SINCE I WAS 9! 4/4/2007
JB I ALSO COME FROM DANISH DESCENT DICK-HEAD! I AM NOT COMPLAINING AM I? 4/3/2007
jay you prick! 4/2/2007
joseph I am an American and I come from Irish, and German descent. You must know that the Germans hated the Irish as much as the British, and let's get something straight, queer! Do you see me complaining? No because the British Iles are so perfect you know, stupid!!! 4/2/2007
joseph hey, the Irish were in a war with Germany and i come from both! 4/1/2007
joseph i am of irish and german descent and am i complaining, no! 4/1/2007
Joseph Benson OH, YEAH, AND JORDAN. I WILL BEAT YOU! IF I EVER SEE YOU, YOU'RE DEAD! 3/8/2007
Joseph Benson IF IT WILL NEVER GO AWAY, THEN YOU WON'T BE LIVING LONG! SO, DIE, I DON'T CARE! THAT WOULD BE NICE! I DON'T LIKE YOU! I HATE YOUR GUTS! WE ARE NOT FRIENDS AND WE NEVER WILL BE! 3/8/2007
Joseph Benson WE ARE SORRY AND WE HAVE LEARNED OUR LESSON. BUT YOU! YOU WILL JUST YAK ABOUT IT UNTILL YOU ARE IN HELL! AND SCREW YOU! 3/8/2007
Joseph Benson YOU KNOW WHAT, GET OVER IT! 3/8/2007
Joseph Benson WATCH OUT FOR A BLONDE MALE WITH GLASSES OF GERMAN PARENTS GIVING YOU THE FINGER! 3/8/2007
Joseph Benson YOU ARE A MFING NERD! YOU HAVE NO FKN IDEA HOW MANY PEOPLE YOU HAVE HURT! GET OVER IT! 3/8/2007
Joseph Benson DON'T YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO DO OTHER THAN TO CRITISIZE OTHER PEOPLE!!!!? 3/8/2007
Jordan Kevin u fukin gay german filthy dirty nazi u r a dirty mug. how dare you say germany is great. they murdered millions of innocent people. how do u sleep at night. feel big do ya 1/26/2007
Jordan Germans were dirty filthy scumbags 1/26/2007
Rustiv That is a very, very stupid article. The only answer i have to this:
"The German hate the English more than their grandfathers who actually fought Churchill. The truth is we know we will never live up to their hypermoralism."
8/23/2006
Jessica I am American and come from German and English descent. How Germans feel victim to a regime is that they were guilty of the first world war, and were vulnerable for any kind of morale boost. I know now there is a law that forbids any kind of facism, because I am sure they are guilty of world war II. Genocide has been in every country's dark past, but that is why United Nations has been created. United States has been guilty of treatment towards slaves, and native americans. But it's a part of our history, and so we try to fix it. It seems that the descents of the evildoers are the ones who pay for the crime. I feel bad about what happened to the Indians, and even though I didn't do it, I still feel guilty. 7/18/2006
Nikki Way to go, Daniel!
World Cup Comon:
Are you implying that all Germans should be killed? My, how debatable of you to explain yourself in all of three words. Oh, I'm sorry. TWO words. "em"? If your going to be racist, at LEAST use the proper terminology...and grammar. Even little things like that prove my theory of there not being a single intelligent racist in the World.
James:
This may come as a shock to you, but not ALL German people were Nazis. Many were against Hitler's ways, but were forced to fight. Some got out of it. And many Nazis weren't even German! But nobody EVER thinks about that. It's always "German people did this..." "German people did that..." It's always us who get the entire blame. Never the other countries who were involved. And while WWII was terrible, times and views have changed since then. And if so many people are still mad at only ONE of the countries involved...a country where peace is emphasized and Nazism is illegal...then I think it's time to come to terms with the fact that maybe people like YOU are the racists.
And by the way, Germany will once again, kick the proverbial A*S in the World Cup. You know...as they always do.
6/23/2006
Daniel wtf is wrong with you damien? "I hate the Germans because for the common man, the war is never over."
i'm german and everey second kid here is wearing anti-racist shirts and i have no doubt the other kids don't think the same way. i'm 15, i was born 45 years after the war and yes, maybe you know it allready, i hate nazis and i like my grandfather, not for being forced to fight against people he had nothing to do with, but for being my grandfather. yes there are neo-nazis here, but what shall they do? their party is forbidden, they're only a bunch of no-brained people. if you are really afraid of a "forth-reich" i'd say you're pretty paranoid...
5/31/2006
James We hate the Germans because the started the war that wiped out so many of our grandfathers. And that just doesn't wear off im afraid. 5/17/2006
world cup comon kill em all 4/20/2006
*************** William Cook is a no-talent racist. And screw you Damien. 3/18/2006
kevin germany is a great powerfull country 10/12/2005
NotARacist You shouldn't make it sound like every German is the same! Not every living creature in the country is evil! The one and only Anne Frank heard from her own father not to blame them all, because there are good and bad people in every country. But you really still think that race would matter??? If one of the most famous Jewish families who ever went through that tragety can forgive and understand, YOU better have a good excuse for not doing the same. Sure, what SOME Germans did back then was wrong, very wrong, but you didn't have to be German to be a Nazi.....there were others. And why should people who were born like 40 years after the war ended still be blamed??? What have they done? What COULD they do? They weren't even around! Isn’t it a bit much? Geeze, and you critisize OTHER PEOPLE for being racist! Stop putting innocent people down. Germany is as great a country as any other, and you should see all the things they do today to make the World a better place. Open your eyes…..or don’t you WANT to? 9/13/2005
DamienKuruckchi An insightful article on a powerfully emotive topic.

I am a 5th generation Australian (of English and Russian decent) whose Grandfather fought the Germans in WWI and then the Japanese in WWII.

Like many Australians, I possess equally strong antipathies to Germany historically and generally as well, feeling however right or wrong, that they should not be forgiven.

Of course, I've grown up brainwashed by a hundred re-runs of old war movies but having discussed this with a close friend (who is a British expat) we both admitted to a fear that we would inevitably be required to go to war ourselves in some similarly disastrous conflict. If we were lucky, we might get to kill other men and live with the guilt or perhaps sit out a war in a POW camp. Neither of us has a particularly optimistic outlook on world peace and I feel this characterises my generations nihilistic and anti-religious world view.

We have enjoyed 60 years of relative peace while living in continuous readiness for war and the threat of nuclear Armageddon. Our established social structures crumble as we enjoy greater consumerism through technological military advancement. We voyeuristically watch the welfare of entire continents suffer at the expense of unfair trade impositions and 'unusual' weather and we still have more books and documentaries about WWII than we should ever need to take lesson from.

I hate the Germans because for the common man, the war is never over.

So where is the next front? I'll keep an eye on the post-box in case I'm called to defend my country or the Commonwealth on another person's soil. Until then, I think I'll just go spend some more credit on the card and enjoy.
9/2/2005
Jessica k. I am German and in my opinion it is more than stupid to have such prejudices against other countries and its population. Of course, we have a bad past and there has been conflicts between English and Germans. But this is ages ago and we should really renew our opinion. 8/19/2005
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