The head of Germany’s Jewish community, Ignatz Bubis, accused a leading novelist of “mental arson” for his recent comments that Germany is overdoing its confrontation with its past. In his acceptance speech on Sunday for the prestigious Peace Prize of the German Book Trade, Martin Walser accused German intellectuals of institutionalizing the memory of Auschwitz to ease their conscience. Walser has spoken out frequently on the need for more nationalism in German society.
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