德国的新战争机器

After World War II, Germany embraced pacifism as a form of atonement. Now the country is arming itself again. BY ISAAC STANLEY-BECKER PHOTOGRAPHS BY HANNES JUNG T he Bendlerblock is an imposing neoclassical building near the center of Berlin— severe and symmetrical, with a red-tile roof. It once served as the headquarters of the Wehrmacht, and it’s where officers who plotted to kill Hitler in 1944 were executed by firing squad. Now the complex houses Germany’s defense ministry, which oversees the armed forces. after the Nazi surrender, as the Allies destroyed what was left of Germany’s war machine and put its leaders on trial for crimes against humanity. At first, disarmament was imposed on Germany. …