Jurgen Mollemann, a German politician forced to resign after using a campaign tactic seen as anti-Semitic, died Thursday in Germany at 57. Mollemann, who died in a parachute-jumping accident, quit as head of the Free Democrats after the party’s poor showing in last year’s elections.
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