Auschwitz speaks against even a right to self-determination that is enjoyed by all other peoples because one of the preconditions for the horror, besides other, older urges, was a strong and united Germany.
From Gunter Grass
The European Union arose on an economic foundation, and it turns out that even this is not a solid base. Cultural identity has been neglected.
How do we prevent Iran developing an atomic bomb, when, on the American side, dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki is not recognised as a war crime?
I belonged to the generation that grew up under National Socialism, and was blinded and led astray - and allowed itself to be led astray.
I have heard my fill of hurtful words. I think it's especially egregious when citizens like me, who point out abuses in their country, are referred to as 'do-gooders.' This is how a phrase that can be used to stop an argument dead becomes part of common usage.
I think it's a shame that we have 'Bild' like you have the 'Sun'. Now serious newspapers like 'FAZ' and 'Spiegel' use a bit of the tone of 'Bild.' This is terrible.
The job of a citizen is to keep his mouth open.
Believing: it means believing in our own lies. And I can say that I am grateful that I got this lesson very early.
Art is uncompromising and life is full of compromises.
Melancholy has ceased to be an individual phenomenon, an exception. It has become the class privilege of the wage earner, a mass state of mind that finds its cause wherever life is governed by production quotas.
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