After reading Harald Jähner's Aftermath recently, I find I have a totally different view of Germany's "economic miracle" and the extent of their sense of guilt about the war.
I had failed to fully grasp the significance of the introduction of the Deutsche Mark, which eradicated 90% of both Government and private debt.
The way the new currency was allocated substantially reduced economic inequality, which made for a very stable society.
This contrasted starkly with British war debts, mostly owed to the Americans.
The fact that the population of Germany was bigger by the end of the war than at the beginning seemed like a further advantage.
As was to be expected, the fact that so few of those who perpetrated Nazi war crimes were punished, is inevitably depressing.