What We Are Dealing With: The History of German Anti-Americanism

A truly sensational post by Benjamin Duffy over at David's Medienkritik. I consider it essential reading and won't subvert its value with my own commentary other than to say that the thesis and research resonated deeply with my own experience in Germany. Here's a little sample:

Nonetheless, there exists a compulsion on the part of Germans to find parallels to the Holocaust in American history. If they could only prove that die Amis were just as bad, it would have a therapeutic effect on the German national soul. In a way, finding an American sin as great as their own might even negate the Holocaust.