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Grass Stains Nobel Laureate Blasted for Questioning Merkel's Past

Nobel laureate Günter Grass has become a master at stepping on his tongue lately. This week, he did it again, casting aspersions about Chancellor Merkel's East German past. Critics have blasted Grass, pointing to the author's own prior membership in the SS.

Nobel Laureate Blasted for Questioning Merkel's Past - Jörg Carstensen/ dpa

Interview with Opposition Leader Gabriel 'We Have Much to Thank Grass For'

For decades, Nobel laureate Günter Grass has supported Germany's Social Democrats on the campaign trail. Despite massive critique of the author's recent poem about Israel, SPD head Sigmar Gabriel defends Grass in an interview with SPIEGEL. He also says that the Pirate Party still has a lot to learn.

Poem Dispute Israeli Minister Offers to Meet Grass on 'Neutral' Territory

Günter Grass has compared Israel's travel ban on him to the methods of East Germany's Stasi secret police. But Israeli Interior Minister Eli Yishai isn't budging, saying the decision to declare the German author persona non grata was "better late than never." He also offered to meet Grass in a "neutral" state.

Israeli Minister Offers to Meet Grass on 'Neutral' Territory - Uriel Sinai/ Getty Images

Interview with Luxembourg Foreign Minister 'Grass Is Being Treated Like an Outcast'

Israel as the aggressor and Iran as the victim? Günter Grass got his line of argument wrong in his controversial poem, argues Luxembourg's Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn in a SPIEGEL ONLINE interview. But the poem has triggered an important debate about how Germany should approach Israel's decisions, he adds.

'Grass Is Being Treated Like an Outcast' - dapd

The World From Berlin 'Israel's Government Has Reacted Absurdly'

German politicians across the spectrum are criticizing Israel's travel ban on author Günter Grass after the publication of his controversial poem. Editorialists condemn the decision, and some are alarmed over what the development could mean for traditionally close ties between the two nations.

'Israel's Government Has Reacted Absurdly' - Boris Roessler/ dpa

Absurd Travel Ban Günter Grass Has Aided Israel's Right Wing

With his controversial poem, Günter Grass has played right into the hands of the Israeli government and distracted attention from the real issues. An entry ban on the German author is absurd. The debate on his controversial views needs to take place on the culture pages of newspapers -- not in politics. Von Moshe Zimmermann

Günter Grass Has Aided Israel's Right Wing - Marcus Brandt/ dpa

Minister Wants Nobel Prize Withdrawn Furious Israel Bars Günter Grass for Critical Poem

Israel declared Günter Grass "persona non grata" on Sunday for calling the country a threat to world peace. Israeli Interior Minister Eli Yishai went further, saying the author should have his Nobel Prize withdrawn. Politicians in Germany, though critical of Grass, say the ban on visiting Israel is exaggerated.

Furious Israel Bars Günter Grass for Critical Poem - Maurizio Gambarini/ picture alliance / dpa

A View on Günter Grass Why We Need an Open Debate on Israel

Is Israel a threat to world peace? German writer Günter Grass has been blasted as an anti-Semite this week for making just such a claim in a new poem. But while the verse may not win any awards, Grass has kicked off an important -- and long overdue -- debate. And, he's right. Von Jakob Augstein

Why We Need an Open Debate on Israel - dapd

Nobel Laureate Under Fire Grass Says Campaign Against Him 'Injurious'

German Nobel laureate Günter Grass has taken to the airwaves to address the raging controversy surrounding his new poem, which is sharply critical of Israel. Yet the debate continues to broaden, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu joining the fray on Thursday.

Grass Says Campaign Against Him 'Injurious' - MARCO-URBAN.DE

The World from Berlin Günter Grass Specializes in 'Self-Righteousness'

In his poem about Israel and Iran published on Wednesday, German Nobel laureate Günter Grass expressed the fear that he would be labelled anti-Semitic for his anti-Israeli stance. Some commentators in Germany on Thursday say that the fear was more than justified.

Günter Grass Specializes in 'Self-Righteousness' - dapd

Israeli Historian Tom Segev Grass 'Is Still Thinking About His SS Silence'

In the past, Israeli journalist and historian Tom Segev has defended Günter Grass from claims that he tried to portray Germans as victims in World War II. But following the publication of Grass's Israel-critical poem this week, Segev argues the German author is driven more by his silence over his SS past than concerns about the future of humanity.

Grass 'Is Still Thinking About His SS Silence' - SPIEGEL ONLINE

Historian Michael Wolffsohn on Israel Poem 'Grass Has Written an Anti-Semitic Pamphlet'

Nobel Prize laureate Günter Grass has caused a controversy with a new poem criticizing Israel's policies against Iran. In an interview with SPIEGEL ONLINE, the German historian Michael Wolffsohn accuses Grass of anti-Semitism and rehashing far-right stereotypes about Jews.

'Grass Has Written an Anti-Semitic Pamphlet' - CHRISTIAN CHARISIUS/ REUTERS

Controversial Poem about Israel Günter Grass's Lyrical First Strike

Never in the history of postwar Germany has a prominent intellectual attacked Israel in such a cliche-laden way as Günter Grass with his controversial new poem, "What Must Be Said." The Nobel Prize laureate has delivered a lyrical first strike against Israel. Von Sebastian Hammelehle

Günter Grass's Lyrical First Strike - Stephan Jansen/ dpa

Outrage in Germany Nobel Laureate Grass Attacks Israel in New Poem

In a move that has drawn angry reactions in Germany, Nobel Prize-winning author Günter Grass has published a new poem criticizing Israel's policies against Iran. Historically, Grass has been outspoken in his political views, but many believe the author has now broken a taboo.

Nobel Laureate Grass Attacks Israel in New Poem - Maurizio Gambarini/ picture alliance / dpa

Grass' Gaffe Political Thinking Shouldn't Be Left to Novelists

Why do people continue to stubbornly believe that novelists have anything special to contribute to political matters? As German Nobel laureate Günter Grass has repeatedly shown, just because you can come up with pleasant stories doesn't mean that will translate to sage political thinking. Von Jan Fleischhauer

Political Thinking Shouldn't Be Left to Novelists - Christian Charisius/ dpa

SPIEGEL Interview with Günter Grass 'The Nobel Prize Doesn't Inhibit Me in My Writing'

In a SPIEGEL interview, Nobel Prize-winning German author Günter Grass talks about why he doesn't fear death, the missed opportunities of German reunification and why he thinks the Brothers Grimm had "oral sex with vowels."

'The Nobel Prize Doesn't Inhibit Me in My Writing'

Always Greener Günter Grass Discusses His SS Past

In a public reading of his controversial autobiography, Günter Grass talked for the first time in front of a live audience about why he took so long to reveal serving in the SS. But are we any the wiser? Von Damien McGuinness

Günter Grass Discusses His SS Past - SPIEGEL ONLINE

Opinion Daniel Kehlmann on Günter Grass

An author, world-famous, yet in possession of a secret that he knows will come to light one day and cast a shadow over everything he has accomplished -- what material for a novel!

Daniel Kehlmann on Günter Grass - SPIEGEL ONLINE

Interview with Günter Grass "It Was Always on My Mind"

In an interview, Nobel Prize-winning German author Günter Grass discusses his late admission that he was a member of the Waffen-SS.

"It Was Always on My Mind" - SPIEGEL ONLINE

Opinion An Honorary Citizen's Fall From Grace

Relations between Germany and Poland have been tense lately. The admission by German writer and Nobel Prize winner Günter Grass that he was a member of the Waffen SS has hardly improved the dour mood. Many Poles are reacting bitterly. "We always knew it," they say. "There are no good Germans."

An Honorary Citizen's Fall From Grace - SPIEGEL ONLINE

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