When, at the end of the 1960s, I became interested in the Nazi era, it was a taboo subject in Germany. No one spoke about it anymore, no more in my house than anywhere else.
If one takes pride in one's craft, you won't let a good thing die. Risking it through not pushing hard enough is not a humility.
It interests me to imagine characters shifting from one situation and one location to another for whatever the circumstances may be.