You are a German, born and raised in Germany. Your age is what it is IRL. If you are a German IRL, then just answer it realistically.
A tourist comes to your and asks you while smiling in broken but understandable German,
“I like Germany. I like what I see here. Your country is very beautiful and very modern. Are you proud of your country’s history?”
Your answers:
1. Yes I’m proud of my nation’s history. Thank you for your fine compliments; I’m glad you’re having a good time in Germany.
2. I am proud of my nation’s history but I’m not proud of what happened in WWII.
3. Truthfully, I’m ashamed of my nation’s history, we did terrible things in World War II.
4. Other (please explain)
Would you as German citizen, when asked this question in a friendly and casual way, feel a need to bring up World War II? Or would you simply give a yes since the question doesn’t require you to bring up WWII?
After all, if you asked a British person “are you proud of being British” they’d likely say “yeah I guess” and not automatically feel obligated to default to “yes I’m proud of being British but I’m not proud of (long list of crimes against humanity*)”
It’s hard to imagine that many Canadians would go “Yes I’m proud of being Canadian but that doesn’t include the historical displacement of natives and the residential schools.”
How would you reply to the tourist?
Please explain.