Quote Originally Posted by Hanna View Post
Bitpicker is absolutely right. I didn't know you were still following the forum, Robin, or I probably wouldn't have joked about it. Like I said, I am completely against all the rubbishing of Germans because of the war. Germans are some of the biggest pacifist and solidaric Europeans. I will never forget an evening at the pub, in London, when a German colleague of mine actually started crying, because people kept making "funny" jokes about the war with her. She told me later that practically every day somebody would bring it up with her. She never knew what to say and one day she just couldn't take it anymore.

On the other hand, it's easy for me to not feel passionately about it. My country was not even in the war. Perhaps I should keep my mouth shut!
From my point of view, there is no such attitude in Russia towards Germans and Germany. At least it is rare and limited to old people, and not strong. Germans are wellcome and respected in modern Russia (this was not the case after the war). The victory is celebrated с большим размахом. But it is not connected with any anti-German sentiment.