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Most living Germans had not yet been born, however the collective grief continues to be felt and influence 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.
Germany has long given military aid to Israel in expiation of its felt collective guilt.<ref>{{REFweb