Germany’s defense minister has received numerous death threats since he fired a general for supporting anti-Semitic comments. Minister Peter Struck has been given high security protection since firing Brig. Gen. Reinhard Guenzel in November, according to a Jan. 11 report in the Bild am Sonntag newspaper.
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