I am Jewish. I LOVE Germans and the German culture. I am a big big fan of German philosophy. I think that only a great nation could have given the world such great thinkers. It's not a matter of coincidence, in my opinion, that Germans have the best composers in the world as well. I think that there is a connection between great philosophy and great musicality in a nation. You need both very sophisiticated thinking and a bit of craziness, if you will. If you are totally rational, you will never create great music and great philosophy. This is why, in the question of who is the greatest nation in the world - the French or the Germans - I give the priority to Germans. The French are too rational for my taste. This is purely my opinion. If someone says that the French are the greatest nation in the world, I won't argue. I would see why they think so. The British and the Italians come very close second after the French and the Germans - again, my opinion.
But what about the Holocaust, you might say. How can a Jew love and admire the Germans after what they did to the Jews? I'll tell you. By the same logic, I would have to hate most of other European nations. Ukrainians, Poles, Latvians are not less antisemitic than the Germans. If anything - it's more. It's just that they were not as well organazied and clever as Germans to start exterminating the Jews on such a grand scale. If they could, THEY WOULD!!! The world's irrational hatred of the Jews is unfortunate. It's the work of the Devil, the way I understand the concept of the Devil. G-d will punish the evil Jew killers - I have no doubt about it. But the great works of art and pinnacles of thought in our great European culture are inspired by G-d! Contemplating and admiring these creations brings me closer to G-d.