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His attitude is frankly a bit odd for a dane. Most people here readily accepts what happened in Denmark in that time, and to be frank, most of us quite enjoy the historical sites left by the war for what they are, and we see them as something that should be preserved.
For the Germans, the Danish west coast was a pretty good place to be stationed, there was no major engagements taking place around them. This coupled with the fact that we didnt take too much of a brunt from the war its perhaps the why we dont view the bunkers as too much of a negative here. Dont get me wrong, terrible things did happen in our country, but for the general population, now 60 years later, the bunkers are more of a curiositum than a terrible reminder.
It is however still a reminder.
A part of my ex-girldfriends family had a summer residence on the west coast, with an interesting history to it.
The house was a small wooden house(hut) built in the late 1800's by the then, grandfather of the family, he had put in alot of work on the house and it was used as a place for the small family to spend their summers, and was his pride and joy when he lived.
During the war it was commandered by a german commander, who lived there with his personal staff, The family was of course very sad to have their house, and their only memory of the grandfather taken over by the germans, it was an old house and the family loved it, and feared what would happen to it in the hands of the germans.
As the german capitulation drew near, the german commander and his personal staff spent their spare time refurbishing the house for the family. When they came back after the war the only sign of the german occupation of the house, was that repairs had been done, and that it has been cleaned extensively, and finally, a photo that had been left behind, a photo of the commanders family, with a note on the back saying "Ì'm sorry it had to be like this"
That house was beautiful piece of history, simply due to the story it told, and the story left behind by that german commander.
-Tetrian
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