 He argued that Germans were suffering from a "loss of orientation" caused by the lack of a positive view of their history.In his view, the fall of the Weimar Republic was caused by "loss of orientation" due to the secularization of a previously religious country.Stürmer argued that West Germany had an important role in the world to play, could not play that role because the lack of a past to be proud of was "seriously damaging the political culture of the country" and wrote that it was "morally legitimate and politically necessary" for Germans to have a positive view of their history.