Benjamin Weinthal im Wall Street Journal:
Germany has a bizarre way of working through its history. While the government, rhetorically at least, opposes Iran’s nuclear weapons program as a threat to Israel’s security, members of its parliament courted Tehran’s Holocaust deniers just last month.
Five German law makers—including members of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s coalition parties—traveled to Iran in October to meet with a motley crew of leading human-rights violators, misogynists, and anti-Semites. The five MPs sought to promote “cultural cooperation” between the two parliaments and countries. Ironically, the five legislators went from a closed society in Iran to a closed-door parliamentary session in Germany last week to report on their journey.
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16. November 2010 um 12:55
I wish Germans would notice that the appreciation that they receive in Iran (and other parts of the Middle East) is largely based on events that most Germans are not proud of.
When I checked into a hotel in Isfahan, the porter tried to hand me a copy of the anti-semitic “Protocols of the Sages of Zion” upon hearing that I am from Germany.
And when I was facing a judge one night at Evin prison, he apologised for the situation that I was in because “after all, Iran and Germany have very close historic ties because we are both Aryans.”