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The point, which you seem to have missed, is that just because "we won that war" doesn't mean we just ignore all the issues that led to it as if they were ancient history.
We also don't expect every modern day German to wear sack cloth and ashes and hang their heads in shame at all times and look for the slightest anti-semitic nuance in dress, language, or cuisine. Most Germans living today had nothing whatsoever to do with WWII or anything that led up to it just as no Americans living today had anything whatsoever to do with slavery and very few had anything to do with segregation or discrimination against blacks. The history should be taught yes. We should never forget yes. But neither should the innocent living be held accountable for the sins of their ancesters. And Germans should not keep anti-semitism alive and never allow a Jewish person to be assimilated into normal German society. And Americans should not keep racism alive and use silly political correctness to remind black people that they aren't ready to be fully assimilated into American culture.