MARTIN
WALSER
A prize-winning German author, Martin Walser, is
at the centre of a row over allegations of
anti-Semitism after the Frankfurter Allgemeine
Zeitung refused to serialise his latest book.
The author won the German publishing industry's
peace prize in 1998 but provoked controversy by
saying the Holocaust must not be used as a moral
cudgel.
The row comes as Germany is gripped in a series
of allegations of anti-Semitism within the
Liberal Party, the FDP.
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JÜRGEN MÖLLEMANN
Germany's Liberal Party was confronted for many
weeks with allegations that the organisation is
guilty of anti-Semitism after the party's deputy
leader, Jürgen Möllemann, engaged himself in
arguments with senior German-Jewish figures. They
accused Mr Möllemann of anti-Semitism after a
row over criticism of Israel spiralled out of
control.
The
party's chairman, Mr Guido Westerwelle, who for
almost too long hesitated to take action, set
finally an ultimatum, and Möllemann apologised
for his remarks. At the same time, a disputed
German politician of Arabic descent who was
protected by Möllemann for anti-zionistic
Israel-statements left Möllemann's provincial
FDP-grouping. |
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