No nation – however free of guilt it feels (which in any case never happens – guilt is always on both sides!) – is entitled to damn a whole nation, to take away all its freedoms, just by the right of the victor. Woe to the vanquished! Neither before nor since do I feel guilty for the war and all the horrors in the concentration camps as well as the shameful deeds committed in our name. – You, Mummy, my brothers and many, many among us bear just as little guilt. That’s why I also categorically reject collective guilt!
