In some ways, the country simply ignored their past and moved forward. Years later when a market economy and political democracy were established, Germany did turn toward “coping with the past”, and did so very effectively.
事实上，在1949年之后艾德诺政府的几年被许多人称为“修整”之年，因为太多的纳粹小人物还在工作。从某些角度来说，这个国家简单地忘却了他们的过去，向前行进。在之后几年，当市场经济和政治民主体系得以建立之后，德国转而“处理他们的过去”，并且做得很好。