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Originally Posted by Gotthard Heinrici  German Heritage. |
I think that was always part of the problem for such a relatively 'new' state.
In the historical absence of what could really be described as a country called 'Germany' there was only a concept of 'Germanic' heritage rather than 'German'. The door's then that little bit wider to nationalism and agressive expansion when core states join together and questions arise of where such essentially 'race' based borders lie.