Anyone who has ever fixed something provisionally at home knows the effect: Provisionals last forever. So it was with the Federal Republic. The Allies supervised the experiment as probationers and were surprised. "You always have the Germans either at your throat or at your feet," Churchill said of this phenomenon. Either they frighten themselves or they frighten others. So even after the 70th anniversary, one task remains unsolved: How can Germans just become normal?
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