Fair enough, but consider that, at least before the war, Germany was still thought of as, well, Germany--a decently well-developed country with lots of culture and history. In other words, a reasonable tourist destination. In 1937, passenger travel between the US and Germany was popular enough to justify a regular line for the Hindenberg, until it burst into flames.<p>Remember that our current perception of Nazi Germany is largely based on (a) human rights abuses that largely happened during the Second World War, (b) the fact that we were on opposing sides of that war, and (c) the fact that Nazis don&#x27;t have any influential sympathizers left. This isn&#x27;t to say that the Nazis weren&#x27;t as bad as commonly thought, but they were certainly not unique in such.