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The lingering shadow of World War II in Europe
Mark Sappenfield
Ned Temko鈥檚 column today might well strike American readers a certain way 鈥� perhaps through some lens that aligns with their political leanings. But having just spent a week reporting on German elections, I鈥檓 finding that new and deeper dimensions of the subject are emerging to me.
Perhaps the strongest impression from that week was an appreciation for how deeply the lessons of World War II still pervade the consciousness of the continent. In his column, I now see, not politics, but an existential angst about a core sense of identity, now rattling in the high winds of new turbulence.
