I am kinda focused on "they are they to protect Jewish lives". Maybe the Germans are really ready to face their past and prove that things are different now. Maybe I am naive.
Your naivete is that you think Germans haven't already done this.
Have you faced up to what you did to native Americans? Oh wait, that wasn't you, it was a totally different generation. Of course, you would do it again right? You wouldn't, because you have learned from history. Oh.