>Nick's subsequent message indicated he meant the Germany of today, not WW II era. FWIW, I mistook this one along with you.
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>FWIW, I spoke in Frankfurt from 2001 - 2007. I have been to Hiedelberg and Dresden with Hans and Gaby Lochmann. They also visited us here in the states and were our house guests as were Markus and Marina. I have many german firends and they are wonderful.

I was not criticizing you at all. It was a different era, now several generations in the past. There was just some misunderstanding of Nick's meaning.