Thanks for that, I never flew on EAA but used to see their aircraft at airports such as Lusaka and Entebbe in the early 1970’s as a young boy living in Zambia 🇬🇧🇿🇲
I remember these taking off from Heathrow when I was in junior school, VC10's always gave you plenty of noisey warnings prior to take off so we could run to a better viewing point in the playground. Excellent video, well researched, many thanks for a nostalgic Saturday morning
@@NicolaW72 and lucky for us EAA pilots who weren't on that flight., but I may have continued to Nairobi after the nose wheel tyre burst, as Addis was short, high altitude and not really suitable for an emergency stop. However, the Capt. followed procedures, before V2, tried to stop, assured he had enough runway.. NOT expecting a brake failure, due to poor maintenance on a brake oil seal. (Rtd Snr. Capt. SVC10. EAA)
I love your videos. The obscurity of the subject matter coupled with the professionalism of presentation and editing puts you in a niche of your own. Thanks, as always, for posting.
Ruard, this is outstanding. Excellent research and narration of this interesting African colonial story. As an airline exec, I admire the work you did.
A welcome insight, into the sort of working enviroment the VC-10 was designed for. (ironically at the behest of BOAC; the airline that'd then duck out of their full purchase in favour of more cruder Boeing jets; all the while damning Vickers' main aircraft product with faint praise)
Heheey... us Tanzanians getting a shout on Motion History. Decent pronunciation of the names of countries, cities and towns. But why at 7:59 only the post independence flag of Kenya is shown, the rest of us have to do with British Protectorate flags? Fantastic video as usual
Perhaps a editing oversight (having made videos in the past; I've found it's an easy gaff to make, and typically one noticed too late to alter) Personally [as someone with an affinity for flags] the dominion / colony & protectorate era ones are more visually interesting / intrieging. (Canada's in particular; which has far more symbolism thereon than the present one; which was nicknamed early on as "a dinosaur's footprint")
I remember EAA when as a child in Uganda we would see its ads and display VC10's in travel shops on main street. We never flew on one but I think there was one plane parked on the tarmac at Entebbe when we were evacuated in 1972.
More of these please. There are some very interesting African aviation stories to tell, like Air Rhodesia's purchase of UN sanctions busting Boeing 720s
As always a great and informative doc film, and much appreciation for the attention to details you put in. Am finishing my studies @ East African school of Aviation in Kenya, I might use your film for a future project. Till then I'll be on the lookout for ur new content (I've been watching since Project Utopia).
Great video with some good illustrations. The un-credited in-flight Comet photo was an EAA advertising picture which appeared on their postcards, ashtrays etc. as well as posters and newspaper ads. Some of the place name pronunciation sounded slightly weird and I respectfully point out that lions do not come in herds, they come in prides. My father was Chief Instructor between 1959 and 1964, the period of the introduction of the Comets and F27s.
Interesting video, trip down memory lane as I was a regular passenger right up to the last month of operations. Many fond memories of trips (with some adventures along the way) on DC3s, DC9s and SVC10s to and from Tanzania.
Hi Ruairigh Excellent video, informative and well-researched! Would you be making a similar for Nigeria Airways? I'd be interested, as I grew up there, child of British expats. Flew a lot of WT flights... loved their ill-fated VC-10 :-(
That railway was operated by East African Railways, another joint entity operated by the same colonies as the EAA. I remember it running from Mombasa on the Kenyan coast to Kampala, Uganda, on the shores of Lake Victoria. I travelled from Nairobi to Kampala in May 1959 (as a child) and remember it as a wonderful 24 hour trip. The train was slow and we went very high up, our compartment had seats that converted to bunks at night and we were summoned to meals by a steward in a white coat walking down the train sounding a small gong. We did the reverse trip 2 years later when my father was posted to Nairobi and it was just as good. In 1986 I took my family to Kenya for a holiday and we took Kenya Railways from Nairobi to Mombasa and back, the route to Uganda having been discontinued due to political problems. It was the same type of experience and even some of the Sheffield cutlery and English tableware was still there complete with the old EAR insignia. It was mixed in with modern replacements from Korea.
I remember living in Hong Kong in the early 1970's and watching this airline fly its beautiful Super VC10's into Kai Tak airport. I just loved Super VC 10's so to see this airline flying one into Kai Tak as well as B.O.A.C. was simply awesome for me as a young kid.
An excellent video . I remember all the VC 10s come out of WEYBRIDGE BROOKLANDS BAC /Vickers Also remember see East African Airways at London Heathrow in 1970s . Great research history etc well good 🛩✈🌞⛱
Wilson Airport, Nairobi, a secondary airport that handles mostly domestic and regional flights is named after Florence Kerr Wilson. It was formerly known as Lang'atta Airport.
Yup, learned to fly there in 1957 on a Tiger moth.. and went on to be a Senior Capt. on the SVC10s in 1970.. after flying DC3, F27 and Comet IVc. Nicest to fly were the DC3s.. aiming for constant power approaches right down to greasers.
0:45 is not Florence Kerr Wilson but the actress Florence Desmond who Campbell Black married. There is a nice picture of Florence Wilson with Kenyan dignitaries during the renaming of Wilson Airport in her honour. Good video tho
In the period of 1976-1978, I worked on their VC-10s as a ground mechanic at Athens Hellinikon airport. We had a familiarization course on VC-10s, since we handled Gulf Air ones as well. Cockpit were British ex BOAC...
Nice video, shame about their demise. I was lucky enough to fly on their Super VC-10 from Nairobi to LHR in the summer of 1973. I distinctly remember the impressive view of the Alps as we flew by.
A well researched and interesting video. Could you consider preparing one on WAAC . West African Airways Corporation as that too would be of great interest.
Thank you for this! Brings back memories. Flew in an EAA VC10 from LHR to Entebbe in 1972 and back, but not sure from Uganda, could be from Dar ES Salam or Nairobi. The VC10 was a magnificent aircraft. Shame they were only operated by BOAC and EEA (more or less). Ah and of course the RAF - they knew quality.
Oh, and re EAA I flew a few legs on DC9s Uganda - Kenia - Tansania too. I remember there was an incident. We missed a flight and that flight missed the runway, or shot over.
This has been a nice piece. It's sad how far the EAC has come yet we seem to be stagnant in the same position we were left after gaining independence. Actually worse.
I remember the days when many of the ex- EAA VC-10s were parked up at what was then RAF Abingdon. I think it's likely that EAA had more of them than BOAC.
Grewt information and visuals. However, the script had issues with grammatical errors, mainly tense which is a common struggle for nonnative English speakers. I think you could really remove the errors by having an editor or listening to the script aloud a few times looking for awkward sentences. *I know* you can bring the grammar to the same level as your wonderful information and visual arrangements.
Total financial chaos, monies stolen, records in shambles, management corrupted, countries refusing to pay their share. On a London flight in 1973, a passenger who was a board member of Eat African Airways,( whom I met in my 2 year bush flying days, Bruce Mackenzie, when he was the Minister of Agriculture). He told me the airline would not make it.. so I left shortly afterwards for Cathay Pacific. Bruce Mackenzie was on an official visit to Uganda and had had a meeting with Prez. Idi Amin. Back at Entebbe airport, Bruce was told to wait for a gift from Prez. Amin. The gitf was a stuffed lion's head. After take off on the small charter plane, the BOMB in the head was triggered by an altitude sensor and exploded, killing all aboard. Nobody knew WHY.
Also funnily enough Air Tanzania almost sort of kind of went under by the early 2000's because of (as you so eloquently put at 14:44) " unreliable and inconsistent service patterns that exacerbated its poor fiscal situation" however by around 2018, by the sheer force of personality of the late president JPM and against any and all reasonable counsel, ATCL was brought back via massive cash injection and financial support from the government, fast forwards to today in 2021, after financial reportings showing massive debts and an unsustainable business model, even pre-pandemic and of course " unreliable and inconsistent service patterns that exacerbated its poor fiscal situation" there is legitimate cries to once and for all shut down the Corporation.
B.o.a.c boeing only aircraft only ? The VC 10 was far superior to the Boeing 707 faster smoother in flight 🛫 the saville suit of airliners and the landings oh so smooth. And oh so quiet in flight . Loved that ❤️ aircraft. Oh and short landings and take offs wheras the 707 thumping down the runway on take offs and landings ? The VC ten was up away and gone.
My wife Margaret Allen -Price joined BOAC (Better of on a Camel ) in1963 and regularly flew to East Africa.I can vouch fo your remarks about the Boeing 707 she said it was like chalk and cheese moving onto VC 10 and sometimes the landings were so smooth you had barely no warning to finish clearing the cabin. It was great shame it's engines were not more fuel efficient. I might add I also enjoyed my fights on both BOAC and East African Airways VC 10s.
Great night stops there at the Agip Motel. Lobster always on the menu for our one freebie meal. Celebrated my DC3 command check there, with Capt, Jerry Sirley a DC3 Capt. On that day's final approach into Dar, with a full pax load, and a French check Capt, at about 600ft, he switched of the the fuel to one engine, so I had to do the full feathering drill, applied massive power to the remaining engine and landed, passing the test. The engine was restarted and we taxied in. Next day the headlines in Dar news papers screamed... East African Airways DC3 has engine failure just before landing, The Check Capt got a right rollocking. next day
Complete independence was granted. Nice way of putting it. In any colony that I would have been, it would have been way different. Beheading fitting it much better. On a whole, a colony is just such a poor way of enhancing your own insufficient dysfunctional country.
South Africa should *ONLY* be recognised as coming into existence as a nation in 1994 with the election of Mr *Nelson Mandella* as SA's *FIRST PRESIDENT!* DeKlerk and Botha should be ignored as illegitimate leaders. Prior to 1994, the cities and towns belonged to no nation and were merely scattered townships in the southern portion of the African continent.
@@jimtaylor294 Well I choose *NOT* to recognise the *EVIL, DESPICABLE REGIME OF APARTHEID!* So I give recognition *ONLY* to the *LEGITIMATE FIRST PRESIDENT of South Africa, *Mr Nelson Mandella!*
^ Definitely not a virtue signalling attempt XD. History doesn't care about your feelings, anymore than the afrikaans speaking world does. They have real issues to deal with; such as being stuck under a democratically dubious Mugabe'ian regime that's as economically inept as it is racist.
@@neilforbes416 It's not as if the last 25+ years of ANC government has made anything better, is it? Still horrible levels of black poverty, and the distance between rich and poor is still the same. Just more rich blacks, that's all.
You cannot say Germany didn´t exist between 1933 and 1945 because it had during this time one of the most horrible political regime´s which ever existed in history. That would be nonsense, too. Adolf Hitler was Chancellor of Germany and DeKlerk and Botha were Presidents of South Africa. Germany existed between 1933 and 1945 and everybody else in Europe and in the whole world had to feel it - and South Africa existed before 1994 - and the Apartheid is as much part of his history as the Nazi Dictatorship is part of the German history. You cannot escape history by neglecting its existence. I´m stating this as a German.
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"Fly SCAT. We're not shit."
Sorry, I couldn't help it. Great stuff as usual.
Should mention, the public transport system in my area also has the acronym of SCAT. >_
@@DiRF SCAT is the second-largest Airline in Kazachstan behind Air Astana.
Comments like that will only leave a nasty taste in everyone's mouth!
Thanks for that, I never flew on EAA but used to see their aircraft at airports such as Lusaka and Entebbe in the early 1970’s as a young boy living in Zambia 🇬🇧🇿🇲
I remember these taking off from Heathrow when I was in junior school, VC10's always gave you plenty of noisey warnings prior to take off so we could run to a better viewing point in the playground.
Excellent video, well researched, many thanks for a nostalgic Saturday morning
Excellent video, very informative. I was on the RAF crew that flew to Addis Ababa to pick up the survivors of that tragic incident.
Thank you for this. This crash must have been a traumatic event for every of this survivors.
@@NicolaW72 and lucky for us EAA pilots who weren't on that flight., but I may have continued to Nairobi after the nose wheel tyre burst, as Addis was short, high altitude and not really suitable for an emergency stop. However, the Capt. followed procedures, before V2, tried to stop, assured he had enough runway.. NOT expecting a brake failure, due to poor maintenance on a brake oil seal. (Rtd Snr. Capt. SVC10. EAA)
@@TommyTCGT Thank you for this information.
@@TommyTCGT Great information. But do you mean V1 not V2?
Thoroughly, thoroughly enjoyed that. Well researched and narrated. A very good summary of an airline very few have heard of. More of the same please.
Indeed.
I love your videos. The obscurity of the subject matter coupled with the professionalism of presentation and editing puts you in a niche of your own. Thanks, as always, for posting.
this, so much this.
Ruard, this is outstanding. Excellent research and narration of this interesting African colonial story. As an airline exec, I admire the work you did.
A welcome insight, into the sort of working enviroment the VC-10 was designed for.
(ironically at the behest of BOAC; the airline that'd then duck out of their full purchase in favour of more cruder Boeing jets; all the while damning Vickers' main aircraft product with faint praise)
An interesting story and an East African political primer, bravo. Now I know where Tanzania came from.
Heheey... us Tanzanians getting a shout on Motion History. Decent pronunciation of the names of countries, cities and towns. But why at 7:59 only the post independence flag of Kenya is shown, the rest of us have to do with British Protectorate flags? Fantastic video as usual
Perhaps a editing oversight (having made videos in the past; I've found it's an easy gaff to make, and typically one noticed too late to alter)
Personally [as someone with an affinity for flags] the dominion / colony & protectorate era ones are more visually interesting / intrieging.
(Canada's in particular; which has far more symbolism thereon than the present one; which was nicknamed early on as "a dinosaur's footprint")
Great stuff as always. Thank you!:-) 🙏💜🖖
I remember EAA when as a child in Uganda we would see its ads and display VC10's in travel shops on main street. We never flew on one but I think there was one plane parked on the tarmac at Entebbe when we were evacuated in 1972.
More of these please. There are some very interesting African aviation stories to tell, like Air Rhodesia's purchase of UN sanctions busting Boeing 720s
As always a great and informative doc film, and much appreciation for the attention to details you put in. Am finishing my studies @ East African school of Aviation in Kenya, I might use your film for a future project. Till then I'll be on the lookout for ur new content (I've been watching since Project Utopia).
Great video with some good illustrations. The un-credited in-flight Comet photo was an EAA advertising picture which appeared on their postcards, ashtrays etc. as well as posters and newspaper ads. Some of the place name pronunciation sounded slightly weird and I respectfully point out that lions do not come in herds, they come in prides. My father was Chief Instructor between 1959 and 1964, the period of the introduction of the Comets and F27s.
Hi. Love your aviation vids!
The Dakotas were not replaced in 1963. I flew on one from Arusha to Nairobi in 1968.
Very good video! Keep up the work! Thanks 🙏
This was a good video. You should do more videos like this. Some good ideas you should consider are Canadian Airlines International and Wardair
Really look forward to these videos!
Interesting video, trip down memory lane as I was a regular passenger right up to the last month of operations. Many fond memories of trips (with some adventures along the way) on DC3s, DC9s and SVC10s to and from Tanzania.
Hi Ruairigh
Excellent video, informative and well-researched!
Would you be making a similar for Nigeria Airways? I'd be interested, as I grew up there, child of British expats. Flew a lot of WT flights... loved their ill-fated VC-10 :-(
Excellent objective coverage on an interesting international facet of airline history.
Quick question: Is the *Kenya-Uganda Railway* on the list for future videos?
(bit curious; as a family member worked for the KUR back in the day)
What railway is that??
That railway was operated by East African Railways, another joint entity operated by the same colonies as the EAA. I remember it running from Mombasa on the Kenyan coast to Kampala, Uganda, on the shores of Lake Victoria. I travelled from Nairobi to Kampala in May 1959 (as a child) and remember it as a wonderful 24 hour trip. The train was slow and we went very high up, our compartment had seats that converted to bunks at night and we were summoned to meals by a steward in a white coat walking down the train sounding a small gong. We did the reverse trip 2 years later when my father was posted to Nairobi and it was just as good.
In 1986 I took my family to Kenya for a holiday and we took Kenya Railways from Nairobi to Mombasa and back, the route to Uganda having been discontinued due to political problems. It was the same type of experience and even some of the Sheffield cutlery and English tableware was still there complete with the old EAR insignia. It was mixed in with modern replacements from Korea.
@@peterodonnell5820 Thanks for the personal account. It's a topic that's intrieged me for a long time, but is unfortunately rarely covered in detail.
I remember living in Hong Kong in the early 1970's and watching this airline fly its beautiful Super VC10's into Kai Tak airport.
I just loved Super VC 10's so to see this airline flying one into Kai Tak as well as B.O.A.C. was simply awesome for me as a young kid.
An excellent video . I remember all the VC 10s come out of WEYBRIDGE BROOKLANDS BAC /Vickers
Also remember see East African Airways at London Heathrow in 1970s . Great research history etc well good 🛩✈🌞⛱
Wilson Airport, Nairobi, a secondary airport that handles mostly domestic and regional flights is named after Florence Kerr Wilson. It was formerly known as Lang'atta Airport.
Yup, learned to fly there in 1957 on a Tiger moth.. and went on to be a Senior Capt. on the SVC10s in 1970.. after flying DC3, F27 and Comet IVc. Nicest to fly were the DC3s.. aiming for constant power approaches right down to greasers.
0:45 is not Florence Kerr Wilson but the actress Florence Desmond who Campbell Black married. There is a nice picture of Florence Wilson with Kenyan dignitaries during the renaming of Wilson Airport in her honour. Good video tho
Flew an EAA flight from Milan to London on a VC-10 in 1972. It was quite a pleasant experience and a great plane.
If you want to be precise then you should know that Tanganyika was not a colony, it was a protectorate.
In the period of 1976-1978, I worked on their VC-10s as a ground mechanic at Athens Hellinikon airport. We had a familiarization course on VC-10s, since we handled Gulf Air ones as well. Cockpit were British ex BOAC...
I've always been fascinated by the EAA and often wonder if this would have panned out if it continued to exist
Could you cover the Dawson's Field hijackings one day ?
Seconded!
I went up in a Dragon Rapide last summer at Duxford. An amazing experience
I flew on EAA a few times in the early 70’s. It was frightening!
Nice video, shame about their demise. I was lucky enough to fly on their Super VC-10 from Nairobi to LHR in the summer of 1973. I distinctly remember the impressive view of the Alps as we flew by.
A well researched and interesting video. Could you consider preparing one on WAAC . West African Airways Corporation as that too would be of great interest.
Thank you for this! Brings back memories. Flew in an EAA VC10 from LHR to Entebbe in 1972 and back, but not sure from Uganda, could be from Dar ES Salam or Nairobi. The VC10 was a magnificent aircraft. Shame they were only operated by BOAC and EEA (more or less). Ah and of course the RAF - they knew quality.
Oh, and re EAA I flew a few legs on DC9s Uganda - Kenia - Tansania too. I remember there was an incident. We missed a flight and that flight missed the runway, or shot over.
Another excellent and very interesting documentary
This has been a nice piece. It's sad how far the EAC has come yet we seem to be stagnant in the same position we were left after gaining independence. Actually worse.
Lovely detailed history and visuals. Is there any better picture to illustrate modernity meeting tradition than 9:29
Thank you very much for this very informative and interesting part of Aviation History. Btw.: Uganda Airlines is now reestablished since 2019.
Mentioning the Argonaut reminds me - have you covered the Canadair North Star / Argonaut?
I remember the days when many of the ex- EAA VC-10s were parked up at what was then RAF Abingdon. I think it's likely that EAA had more of them than BOAC.
Fantastic as usual
Very informative well done
Please make Video on Avro HS 748... please...!!
Grewt information and visuals.
However, the script had issues with grammatical errors, mainly tense which is a common struggle for nonnative English speakers. I think you could really remove the errors by having an editor or listening to the script aloud a few times looking for awkward sentences.
*I know* you can bring the grammar to the same level as your wonderful information and visual arrangements.
Ruiairdh you did it again!
Btw how do you say your name?
'Rory' i think!
That's how to present a documentary
Very detailed .
8:40 absolute bars!!!!
Could you do a video on Cathay Pacific?
Great info////// thanks
What do you think about that airline
Very good. I always wondered what happened to EAA. Thank you.
Total financial chaos, monies stolen, records in shambles, management corrupted, countries refusing to pay their share. On a London flight in 1973, a passenger who was a board member of Eat African Airways,( whom I met in my 2 year bush flying days, Bruce Mackenzie, when he was the Minister of Agriculture). He told me the airline would not make it.. so I left shortly afterwards for Cathay Pacific. Bruce Mackenzie was on an official visit to Uganda and had had a meeting with Prez. Idi Amin. Back at Entebbe airport, Bruce was told to wait for a gift from Prez. Amin. The gitf was a stuffed lion's head. After take off on the small charter plane, the BOMB in the head was triggered by an altitude sensor and exploded, killing all aboard. Nobody knew WHY.
A multi nation African version of SAS?
Great facts about EAA
Could've mentioned the relaunch of Uganda airlines in 2019
The subject is great but narration speed is really off putting ;-/
Also funnily enough Air Tanzania almost sort of kind of went under by the early 2000's because of (as you so eloquently put at 14:44) " unreliable and inconsistent service patterns that exacerbated its poor fiscal situation" however by around 2018, by the sheer force of personality of the late president JPM and against any and all reasonable counsel, ATCL was brought back via massive cash injection and financial support from the government, fast forwards to today in 2021, after financial reportings showing massive debts and an unsustainable business model, even pre-pandemic and of course " unreliable and inconsistent service patterns that exacerbated its poor fiscal situation" there is legitimate cries to once and for all shut down the Corporation.
Florence Kerr Wilson? Wikipedia say differently to what you are saying
Dar ES Salam
B.o.a.c boeing only aircraft only ? The VC 10 was far superior to the Boeing 707 faster smoother in flight 🛫 the saville suit of airliners and the landings oh so smooth. And oh so quiet in flight . Loved that ❤️ aircraft. Oh and short landings and take offs wheras the 707 thumping down the runway on take offs and landings ? The VC ten was up away and gone.
Thumping on landings? That depended if the pilot flying has was hung over!
My wife Margaret Allen -Price joined BOAC (Better of on a Camel ) in1963 and regularly flew to East Africa.I can vouch fo your remarks about the Boeing 707 she said it was like chalk and cheese moving onto VC 10 and sometimes the landings were so smooth you had barely no warning to finish clearing the cabin. It was great shame it's engines were not more fuel efficient. I might add I also enjoyed my fights on both BOAC and East African Airways VC 10s.
Dar ES Salaam. Just saying.
Great night stops there at the Agip Motel. Lobster always on the menu for our one freebie meal. Celebrated my DC3 command check there, with Capt, Jerry Sirley a DC3 Capt. On that day's final approach into Dar, with a full pax load, and a French check Capt, at about 600ft, he switched of the the fuel to one engine, so I had to do the full feathering drill, applied massive power to the remaining engine and landed, passing the test. The engine was restarted and we taxied in. Next day the headlines in Dar news papers screamed... East African Airways DC3 has engine failure just before landing, The Check Capt got a right rollocking. next day
Good info, but talking speed is clearly too high thus stressful, I had to stop watching half way in.
Complete independence was granted. Nice way of putting it. In any colony that I would have been, it would have been way different. Beheading fitting it much better. On a whole, a colony is just such a poor way of enhancing your own insufficient dysfunctional country.
South Africa should *ONLY* be recognised as coming into existence as a nation in 1994 with the election of Mr *Nelson Mandella* as SA's *FIRST PRESIDENT!* DeKlerk and Botha should be ignored as illegitimate leaders. Prior to 1994, the cities and towns belonged to no nation and were merely scattered townships in the southern portion of the African continent.
Err nope. That's not how history works.
@@jimtaylor294 Well I choose *NOT* to recognise the *EVIL, DESPICABLE REGIME OF APARTHEID!* So I give recognition *ONLY* to the *LEGITIMATE FIRST PRESIDENT of South Africa, *Mr Nelson Mandella!*
^ Definitely not a virtue signalling attempt XD.
History doesn't care about your feelings, anymore than the afrikaans speaking world does. They have real issues to deal with; such as being stuck under a democratically dubious Mugabe'ian regime that's as economically inept as it is racist.
@@neilforbes416 It's not as if the last 25+ years of ANC government has made anything better, is it? Still horrible levels of black poverty, and the distance between rich and poor is still the same. Just more rich blacks, that's all.
You cannot say Germany didn´t exist between 1933 and 1945 because it had during this time one of the most horrible political regime´s which ever existed in history. That would be nonsense, too. Adolf Hitler was Chancellor of Germany and DeKlerk and Botha were Presidents of South Africa. Germany existed between 1933 and 1945 and everybody else in Europe and in the whole world had to feel it - and South Africa existed before 1994 - and the Apartheid is as much part of his history as the Nazi Dictatorship is part of the German history. You cannot escape history by neglecting its existence.
I´m stating this as a German.