(Disclaimer: I am writing about 0.1% of Americans/Germans, not about 99.9%. And I assume you do to.)

> So next time someone tells you that american banks are responsible for screwing up the world. Point them at the Germans and the Swiss :)

Yes, that sounds plausable when we read the OP. And I am not here to defend Germans, but the largest shareholder of DB are Americans at BlackRock:

https://www.db.com/ir/en/shareholder-structure.htm

(6.05% held by BlackRock Inc., New York)