There are such things as continuity of state, and also a continuity of culture.
Especially if post-WWII it never sat well with the locals that they lost the war, or that they were in the wrong.
Token gestures like making "mein kampf" illegal post-facto are a dime a dozen.
Especially since most of the post-WWII political and business establishment, in the highest positions, were fervent nazi party members and high ranking officials before 1945:
There are such things as continuity of state, and also a continuity of culture.
Especially if post-WWII it never sat well with the locals that they lost the war, or that they were in the wrong.
Token gestures like making "mein kampf" illegal post-facto are a dime a dozen.
Especially since most of the post-WWII political and business establishment, in the highest positions, were fervent nazi party members and high ranking officials before 1945:
http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/from-dictatorshi...