A German politician came under criticism for praising the politics of his grandfather, a Nazi sympathizer. Friedrich Merz, vice president of the Christian Democratic Party, recently said he was inspired by his grandfather, Josef Paul Sauvigny, who was mayor of Brilon until 1937.
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