Originally Posted by
stut
Events of over 60 years ago, which the vast proportion of the population were not even alive for, simply do not figure into most people's consciences
You must not know many Norwegians. :-)
In addition to this example I've been told by many people in Northern Germany that they generally prefer Americans to the British. The most recent reason is because of football hooligans, but the fact that they were in the British occupation zone was also cited to me, and by people too young to have experienced it.