Yes, they were tourists. And yes, there are several museums and exhibitions. Ordinary Germans outside Berlin inhabit the narrow world of the Nazi, yes – but the point here is that the state is hyper-conscious of the dangers and all-out to control them, aware of the greater significance that German racism and nationalism have than they do anywhere else.

The same cannot be said for the rest of Europe.

I’m going to have to put you straight on that one. The capital, Berlin, is thick with museums and extremely detailed exhibitions that drive the consequences of Nazism home so thoroughly that I spent an entire day at the exhibition on the site of the Gestapo HQ and at certain points had to turn away from other people there to hide the fact that I was crying – until I noticed that many of them were wiping away tears too.

I didn’t say immigration was the only factor. I said it was the single biggest issue. Anti-EU feeling has run high for years, thanks to tabloid bysteria feeding the pervasive sense of exceptionalism, but it was immigration that topped the lot.

Citizenship, not passport.

I don’t know why. Surely you know what citizenship means.

Thanks for the clarification. You put my mind at rest.

I read the assumptions and extrapolations you make and despair.

Before you make the diagnosis of ”anti youth mentality in their blood” you should visit parks, gardens and commons i.e. places appropriate for children. You might learn a thing or two.