[€uroMeinke]

This may be a result of ignorance on my part - but knowing his experiences, and the age at which he experienced them, must have had a profound effect on him. Yet, I hear nothing of the shame or guilt that has come out of post WWII German culture. Even the comments of his gun not being loaded strike me the same way as Bill Clinton's "But I didn't inhale." Knowing my family's experience with the era, his perceived silence (perhaps he's commented extensively elsewhere) is diconcerting to me.