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Before changing its name to Windsor due to concerns about anti-German sentiment during World War I the family bore the name Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, indicating its German heritage.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 27, 2023

Across a half-dozen years, Colditz operated as a camp for officers deemed deutschfeindlich, a word evoking deep anti-German hostility.

From Washington Post • Sep. 26, 2022

Mekas wrote that before he was interned, he had engaged in “various anti-German activities.”

From New York Times • Jan. 27, 2019

Mrs Rieber says, although she was only ever treated with respect from the British people she encountered, she was aware of why there might be an anti-German sentiment.

From BBC • Jun. 28, 2017

As in Europe, a government-sponsored propaganda campaign in the United States promoted anti-German feelings and enthusiasm for the war effort.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman