You see, it's not a problem for me actually. I'm 32 years old, so it doesn't touch me personally. But I just wonder, if the ally veterans really wished to have such a guest.
Yesterday I read an article about a German sodier called at that time "The Beast of Omaha Beach". With his machine gun he killed on the D-Day about 3000-5000 GI's (biggest number during WW2 - as far as individual soldier is concerned).
He was also invited to the ceremnoy and I just can't imagine how it's going to look like, when he meets friends of those people, wo he had killed.
By 1959, his story had become well known in the United States. The Americans called him the Beast of Omaha Beach. Mr Severloh was too ashamed to tell his four children about his experiences, yet he was desperate to meet Americans who had survived. Eventually, he found David Silva, a GI wounded three times on Omaha Beach. When the men met in Germany in the 1960s they hugged each other for five minutes.
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/story.jsp?story=528420
Most soldiers respect their opponent as long as their opponent behaves as a soldier and not a criminal.
Mr Severloh did his job and did it just as an allied soldier would have done if the roles were reversed. Soldiers will respect that.
Three to five thousand kills in one day for a single foot soldier? Boy, those numbers seem farfetched imo. Anyway, if this guy does exist, no way in hell should he have been invited to the D-Day ceremonies.