“Reich, wie an Wasser deine Flut,
ist Deutschland ja an Heldenblut!”
The Heldenblut all soaked into the ground at Stalingrad.
It’s not coming back.
As early as 1959, Willi Schlamm, one of the founders of National Review noted that "ohne mich" (count me out; I don't want to be involved) increasingly characterized the attitude of the emerging generation of Germans. Now, their kids are running the country.