@guenterhack the bombing didn't bring democracy. The bombing (and shelling, and shooting, etc.) was to eliminate the Übermenschen death cult.
The "democracy" was brought (as much as it was) by the years of intentional and thoughtful cultural rebuilding after liberation from the cult, building on centuries of locally pre-existing Enlightenment thought.
As a German, I fully agree with Mr. Polanski's quoted words here.