Comments on: Guenter Grass won’t let us forget about his memoir about forgetting http://www.bloggernews.net/18187 High-quality English language analysis and editorial writing on the news. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:06:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Nancy Reyes http://www.bloggernews.net/18187#comment-50560 Nancy Reyes Sat, 30 Jun 2007 00:46:01 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/18187#comment-50560 One: Grass defended the east German communists for years, and so why listen to him? I mean, the communists "only" killed about a 100 million people... Two: Many argue that the Waffen SS was merely an elite fighting force, and it was not the same as the group that killed Jews. Three: on the other hand, it was usually manned by volunteers, showing that Grass was not a mere "draftee" like the present pope who was drafted into the regular army, but was an enthusiastic Nazi. As for the Tin Drum, it was over my head...one of those "intellectual books" that are both dated and will be forgotten... One: Grass defended the east German communists for years, and so why listen to him? I mean, the communists “only” killed about a 100 million people…
Two: Many argue that the Waffen SS was merely an elite fighting force, and it was not the same as the group that killed Jews.
Three: on the other hand, it was usually manned by volunteers, showing that Grass was not a mere “draftee” like the present pope who was drafted into the regular army, but was an enthusiastic Nazi.
As for the Tin Drum, it was over my head…one of those “intellectual books” that are both dated and will be forgotten…

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