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Most living Germans had not yet been born, | Most living Germans had not yet been born, so they cannot have any personal responsibility for the Holocaust, nevertheless the collective grief continues to be felt and it influences governmental behavior. | ||
When Germany's Basic Law (''Grundgesetz'') was drafted in 1949' the collective guilt appeared to be at work in the authors since the Basic Law was given a very strong human rights suite to offer protection against another Holocaust. | When Germany's Basic Law (''Grundgesetz'') was drafted in 1949' the collective guilt appeared to be at work in the authors since the Basic Law was given a very strong human rights suite to offer protection against another Holocaust. | ||