Great thread, but I understood German pro-Israelism didn't start until former Nazis began to die off. West Germany didn't have diplomatic relations with Israel until 1965, and its government was at the very least unhelpful when Israel was hunting Nazis, including Eichmann.

Yes that's true, and in fact it was largely taboo well into the (I think) 70s even. W. Germany started paying Israel reparations for the Holocaust in 1953 - which didn't stop Israel abandoning Holocaust survivors into poverty decades kater www.pbs.org/newshour/wor...

One-third of Israeli Holocaust survivors live in poverty, advocates say

Several dozen impoverished elderly Israelis, among them Holocaust survivors, received food donations from a charity ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day.