Grass Stains: Nobel Laureate Blasted for Questioning Merkel's Past
SPIEGEL ONLINE - International - German Politics 2013-07-20
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.