Wieso soll ich denn als Deutsche für Sachen herhalten, die vor rund siebzig Jahren passiert sind??? Ich sehe es einfach nicht ein für die Taten anderer in die Verantwortung genommen zu werden: Damit muss doch irgendwann Schluss sein.

Alles was ich aus der Schule über den Holocaust gelernt habe ist ja schon furchtbar. Aber das kann sich doch nicht darin äußern, dass ich jetzt allen Juden und Israelis in den Hintern kriechen soll... und sei es dieser künstliche Dialog mit Videoclips.

Ich bin jedenfalls gerne in Deutschland geboren und lebe hier und lasse mir dafür keine Vorwürfe machen. An meine Autofenster kommen zur EM jedenfalls wieder zwei Fähnchen in Schwarz-Rot-Gold.

I always thought that my identity has nothing to do with my birth country. But that’s wrong. I never felt something like Patriotism. I found it very strange when in 2007 because of the football championship everybody had a german flag. I never had the feeling to be proud of my country. When I was in Brazil I saw that the people there are very proud to be brasilian. That was so strange to me. I asked them: why are you proud of your country? They said: "because it’s beautiful!" I recognized that it would never be simple like that to talk about germany.
Patriotism never will be part of my identity. But the feeling for responsibility for my country is part of my identity. Not to forget about the past and defending democracy belongs to this responsibility.

Greetings form Wuppertal
Anne

(Sorry for my very bad english)

Hi,

I am a German and I feel like a German. But you have to know, that my father is form morocco, so my skin is not that white as usual.
And that's the problem. Germans can't understand that a person with coloured skin is also German.
I feel like a German. Germany is my home! But there have been so many remarks where Germans pointed out my difference.
Being different is not a bad thing, but it makes it quite complicated takling about identy. But I just know the German culture and the German way of life and I have to say that there are no disadvantages at all. That's why I like living here. I would also be different in any county of the world. SO WHAT!?!?!

Hi,
I feel like a German, since I was in a foreign country for a longer time. I think since 2006 (not 2007!!) the relationship between the German and their feeling for their "nation" is going to normalize. That is good, because I think people need a common identity. That was destroyed in a process finally finished by the nazis. So we need to build it up again.
We need people like Manuel for that. He 's got the right attitude.
It is hard to hear that he felt so torn up: On the one hand he feels like a German, on the other hand the "Germans" in general can't understand that a person with coloured skin could be also German. Why is that? You can only help that out by giving the youth the chance to live in a foreign country like I did. It would change everybody's mind and should be "mandatory" for that reason!