TARIQ ALI: The Disgusting Attacks on Gunter Grass
The German writer Gunter Grass (The Tin Drum) had already predicted the response to his poem in SdZ. There is no reason to be surprised, but there is every reason to be disgusted. Within Germany both the elite and a layer of the population by their words and actions appear to have accepted the disgraceful Goldhagen thesis whereby all German were guilty for the crimes of the Third Reich. This thesis has now been developed further: all Germans are guilty for eternity for the crimes of the Third Reich.
Behind this thinking is the Zionist and Zionophile argument that the crime against the Jews of Europe was unique in the annals of history. This was true as far as the method of extermination was concerned, but not in any other way. The Belgians massacred the Congolese in greater numbers: over 10 million according to the historian Adam Hochschild. The killing of Armenians during the First World War was systematic and we could go on and discuss the nuking of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, but comparing one massacre or genocide to another is a futile exercise. Raul Hilberg the most authoritative historian of the Judeocide was angered by the uses that were being made of that crime today.
Stefan Steinberg: German Left Party slanders Günter Grass
Stephen Lendman: Israel Declares War on Günter Grass
Gilad Atzmon: The Devil Sings Again
Stephen Lendman: Scoundrels Attack Günter Grass Truths
Gilad Atzmon: Art of Resistance – a comment on Günter Grass
Stephen Lendman: Günter Grass Addresses Israel's Nuclear Threat
Electronic Intifada Blog: What the Günter Grass controversy says about censorship in Europe