Both Jews and Germans emerged from WWII as defeated and crippled peoples, but the Jews had the moral high ground, while the Germans very much did not. Yet, in a global opinion poll conducted in 2013 by the BBC World Service, Israel ranked as one of the least popular countries – just above North Korea, Pakistan, and Iran – whereas Germany emerged as the most popular.
角色的反转引人注目。犹太人和德国人都是在二战后在战败和残破中崛起的，但犹太人占据着道德制高点，而德国人承受着道德污点。但是，在2013年BBC世界频道（World Service）进行的全球民调中，以色列名列最不受欢迎国家行列——仅仅高于朝鲜、巴基斯坦和伊朗——而德国名列最受欢迎国家行列。