The sweltering heat in Berlin last Sunday didn’t seem to faze the hundreds of visitors at a festival in honour of Germany’s second annual Veteranentag (Veterans Day). Spread out at the foot of the Reichstag were rows of Bundeswehr organisations for active and former service members to meet with guests, answer questions, and -- for anyone interested -- t…
‘Germans Are Not Pacifists. They Are Realists’
We spoke with military sociologist Dr. Timo Graf about German attitudes towards the Bundeswehr, shifting security culture, and why Germany only now celebrated its second ‘Veterans Day’.
