No not really not all shepherds are German and the fuhrers' shepherd was a Belgian Malinois worked a lot with both in Schutzhund Training. The only real coincidence is they're both shepherds owned by incompetent authoritarians as a means to look powerful.
Problem is, it usually manifests itself in softball questions, and not even looking into all the dangerous crap being done on his watch... that he probably has no idea about.