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Gunter Grass

Günter Grass (photo credit: AP Photo/Jens Meyer)
April 13, 2015, 2:46 pm
Günter Grass, German literary icon, dies at 87
Nobel-winning author saw his reputation tarnished over admission to serving in Waffen SS; was a sharp critic of Israel
By AFP and ToI Staff
Iranians burn and stomp on Israeli and American flags during a demonstration against the Saudi-led coalition’s Operation Decisive Storm against the Houthi rebels in Yemen, outside the Saudi Embassy in Tehran, April 13, 2015. (AFP/Atta Kenare)
April 13, 2015, 1:54 pm
Netanyahu: Nuke deal will let Iran step up terror activities
Israel, US raise hackles over Russian sale of S-300 missiles to Tehran, but Moscow says move won’t threaten Israel; US negotiator defends accord as best shot at stopping Iranian bomb
By Joshua Davidovich
January 11, 2013, 1:25 am
German-Jewish leader second-guesses anti-Semitism list
Dieter Graumann says Simon Wiesenthal Center’s inclusion of German columnist trivializes more egregious members of ranking
View of the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin, Germany (photo credit: Nati Shohat/Flash90)
December 15, 2012, 5:39 pm
Der Spiegel essay: Our ‘nation of perpetrators’ is still under the spell of its Nazi past
In plaintive article, author whose grandfather served in the Nazi SA says Germany is still dominated by its dark history
By Yifa Yaakov
Günter Grass (photo credit: AP Photo/Jens Meyer)
September 30, 2012, 5:30 pm
Gunter Grass praises nuclear spy in latest anti-Israel poem
Nobel Prize-winning author calls Mordechai Vanunu a ‘modern-day hero’ in new book
Günter Grass (CC BY-SA Florian K, Wikipedia)
June 29, 2012, 6:15 pm
Gunter Grass told to stay away from Polish synagogue
‘He was in our synagogue once, five years ago, and I think that would be enough’
Germany's president, Joachim Gauck (photo credit: CC BY Sebastian Hillig, Flickr)
May 28, 2012, 5:32 am
Just weeks into his term, Germany’s charismatic president heads to Israel
Joachim Gauck arrives Monday — at a time of growing German criticism, and with the Gunter Grass affair still fresh
By Raphael Ahren
Robert S. Wistrich
May 17, 2012, 10:25 am
Robert S. Wistrich
Blind in one eye
Norwegian Professor Johan Galtung is only the most recent example of the anti-Semitism that has infected the European left for generations
A worker cleans graffiti sprayed at Ammunition Hill on Monday (photo credit: Yossi Zamir/Flash 90)
April 23, 2012, 11:17 am
Site of historic battle vandalized just before Memorial Day
Anti-Zionist slogans deface Ammunition Hill in Jerusalem
By Aaron Kalman
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (center) and Interior Minister Eli Yishai (2nd left) visit the Israeli-Egyptian border (photo credit: Amit Shabi/Flash90)
April 22, 2012, 3:22 pm
PM, in German interview, defends decision to bar Grass
Netanyahu says author ‘went too far toward untruths and slander’
By Raphael Ahren
Günter Grass (photo credit: AP Photo/Jens Meyer)
April 18, 2012, 8:15 pm
Most Germans agree with Günter Grass, according to online survey
Only 15% outright reject his controversial Iran poem, which accuses Israel of threatening world peace
By Raphael Ahren
Günter Grass (CC BY-SA Florian K, Wikipedia)
April 17, 2012, 2:58 pm
Gunter Grass to be released from hospital
84-year-old Nobel laureate, former SS soldier and Israel critic was admitted for ‘routine examination’
Günter Grass (photo credit: AP Photo/Jens Meyer)
April 16, 2012, 11:49 pm
Gunter Grass admitted to hospital
84-year-old author has been embroiled in war of words with Israel
Dave Eggers, author of 'A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius.' (photo credit: CC BY-SA David Shankbone, Wikimedia Commons)
April 13, 2012, 5:44 pm
US author forgoes Günter Grass prize
David Eggers says he just wants to avoid controversy by appearing at foundation’s award ceremony
By Ilan Ben Zion
Günter Grass (CC BY-SA Florian K, Wikipedia)
April 11, 2012, 10:42 pm
Grass compares government to Stasi, drawing new ire from minister who banned him
After writer feels reminded of East Germany’s secret police, Israeli minister says he should know about ‘dark regimes’
By Raphael Ahren and ToI Staff
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