Once in a lifetime opportunity

Today, I was enjoying the company of many people, both Kenyans and
volunteers from around the world. Then, I looked up and realized that
we had an interesting seating arrangement. To my left were five people
from Italy, Germany and Japan. Sitting nearest to me were Americans
and Brits (I couldn't find any Russians, and I don't know where it
would have been best to seat the French). Anyway, rather than display
any sort of tact, I decided that the best course of action was to turn
to the German girl and start talking about the Anschluss. Most people
missed it, but the people who figured it out started laughing pretty
hard.