What Björn Höcke inherited

Germany successfully integrated millions of expelled Germans after 1945. But the political memory of those lost homelands never disappeared entirely.

Dear Reader,

This week much of Germany has been talking about an interview that Björn Höcke gave to a podcast that, until recently, was almost entirely unknown outside a niche online audience.

Since appearing online, the interview has been watched more than four million times — an extraordinary figure in Germany, even allowing for repeat views and people …