people would react on Twitter by saying, well, but obviously Germans would react that way. I am German. They would say, well, obviously we, you know, Germany had an anti-Semitic problem. They didn't need KGB for that, which is precisely the point. What do you mean it's precisely the point? Can you elaborate on that? Well, the point is Germany had, was deeply traumatized by the Holocaust, and of course still had existing neo-Nazis, you know, leftover Nazis, actual Nazis in the 1950s and 60s, some of them in positions of power still. And the KGB understood that pouring oil into this, you know, fire would only lead to another explosion of outrage, and it did. So the notion that something, that Germany has an existing problem there and doesn't need outside help, that is the raw material for a successful operation. You know, in your mentioning of Ivanishovich Agayans, I think his name was the Armenian, and his understanding of the sensitivity of the issue of anti-Semitism and how it could (14/43)
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