German Flag Relation

This article deals with the relation Germans have to their flag.

This is quite interesting, especially for Americans who are used to see their flag everywhere.
In Germany it's a really different thing. If you travel through the country, you won't see any (or not many) German flags. You probably wonder why. Maybe you won't believe but this goes back to World War 2, even if this war has been fought 60 years ago. The Germans still don't show any pride of their country.

If you fly a flag as a German, other people would look at you and probably think you're a Nazi or some kind of a rightist. That's simply because they're not used to see national flags, but at demonstrations of rightist.

You can't really explain it, it's just a different feeling that Germans have about their country.

They also think that the Americans are strange because of their national pride. They don't understand why we always fly our flags. Some Germans, when they travel to the US, even feel offended when they see our flag so often.

Another interesting thing is that if a German has a flag or so on his car and drives through another European country, other Europeans point at them and still get mad.

How long will this last? Another 60 years?

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