they don't want to hear about the german way of producing things, the famous dark german drinks, etc.. they want to do this. i think this is a pity because culture, different cultures in europe have very nationalistic elements. >> this is serious station run by a pair of german entrepreneurs. they are keen on the new and different. >> everything at some point, it would not be graded the name or rita station or -- or a radio station. -- it would not be created with a german name. >> germany is indeed in flocks, europe is in flux, and this radio station is proving a huge success for this generation. there are frequent news bulletins, phone in some discussions about politics. -- phone ins, and some discussions about politics. >> hello, how are you? >> i'm fine, how are you. >> we have our next listener. >> how do you think that germany can lead in europe? >> i don't think that we want to or that we have to lead politically on our own. i think that it can be collaborative, working together with all european nations. >> hello. >> how do you feel that germany leading in europe? >> i feel li

the german chancellor is not keen. in an interview she said, "the fiscal package has been negotiated. it was signed by 25 heads of government and already ratified by portugal and greece. it is not me negotiable." holland's reply? "it is not for germany to decide for the whole of europe." sarkozy and merkel will critical to the entire pact. it could prove to be a less comfortable partner, but he said his first trip abroad, if he wins, will be to berlin. >> john, are we looking at a little bit of election engineering here? is angela merkel trying to strengthen sarkozy's position with these comments? >> that is the way it is being interpreted in both berlin and paris. there was only 1.5% separating sarkozy and hollande in the polls. whatever the opinion polls are saying, the races still open. it is in this context that chancellor merkel made her remarks pointing out that 25 heads of government had already signed the fiscal pact. it has been ratified by two states already and it is not up for negotiation. as hollande has b

the swiss government says it will arrest three german officials for buying stolen information on germanount holders. they are accused of paying 2.5 million euros for that data. >> two years ago, a german tax inspectors bought a data disk from an informant in switzerland. it is now central to their investigation into suspected tax cheats. but swiss authorities say the data was stolen and its purchase a criminal offense. a case of economic espionage. last week issued three arrest warrants, prompting an angry response from germany's opposition. >> tax officers from the state of north rhine-westphalia are now wanted for arrest in switzerland. there were only chasing criminals. they were doing nothing more. if people want to hide their money from the tax office in switzerland, they are not only being anti-social, there also criminals in germany. that is quite clear. >> germany and switzerland have long been at loggerheads over tax evasion in swiss bank secrecy laws. a draft text it was negotiated last year, but this latest diplomatic route could be another setback to its approval. >> time to

>> and anti-western german state of westphalia, -- in the western german state of westphalia, they aremonitoring a group of fundamentalists on the high streets. >> the action has been criticized by politicians of most major parties and many ordinary muslims to see this as a misuse of their holy book. >> free translations of the koran. they give away copies in germany. the handouts have garnered criticism and put the group on the radar of german authorities. >> distributing the koran is not the problem. the problem is the group. it is an extremely dangerous one. >> :-based preacher is one of the -- the cologne-based preacher is one of those trying to convert people to the state. many see this as an this use of their holy book by the movement. >> this is a very fundamentalist movement and then is some. it is very backward-looking. they seek to establish a a social system that is antiquated. their view does not respond to that of most moslems. -- muslims. >> following the outcry, printers of the koran say it will no longer supply copies to the group. >> and a top tourist attraction gave a

and german soccer, too.s very unpredictable turns. >> one thing is certain, several teams at the bottom of the table are fighting to remain in at the bundesliga as the season winds to a close. >> sometimes stormy, sometimes sunny. the month of april can be a veritable 10 best of conflicting emotions. especially in the bundesliga. some supernatural intervention might be what kyser needs to stay in the top flight after 18 games without a win. the red devils have lost two games. a home match my provide badly needed points. >> we will fight to the end. the boys will fight as long as we have a chance. >> cologne has conceded 12 goals in its last three matches. the coach has kept his job for now. they have been just four players for the match against bremen. and he is mad after internal team gossip was leaked to the media. >> i cannot comment. go into the locker room and ask the informants' there. there are a lot on this team. that is just awful. >> he was promoted from the second division and for months a little

san germán.as son la cordillera central. es una cadena de montañas que se extienden de este a oeste. camino a san germán, tuvimos problemas con el carro lo cual nos hizo tardar en llegar a la casa de doña carmen. iah! iah! iay! iay! ¿qué pasa ahora? vamos, nos falta mucho para llegar a san germán. ¿qué tiene el carro, titi? no tengo idea. perdone. algo le pasó al carro. el carro está muy mal. no creo que lo pueda arreglar hoy. ¿qué? estará listo mañana por la mañana. ioh! y ahora, ¿qué hacemos? tendrán que pasar la noche aquí. ¿y cree ud. que podríamos conseguir un hotel? claro. hay varios. busquen cerca del parque de bombas. no fue hasta el día siguiente que llegamos a san germán. bueno, ya hemos llegado. la casa es muy bonita. ahora podremos hablar con tu abuela acerca de ese viaje a méxico. ¿y yo las puedo acompañar a méxico? cuando estés más grande, laurita. por ahora, lo más lejos que puedas viajar conmigo es aquí a san germán. ¿abuela? iabuela, ya llegamos! hola. idolores! ¿cómo estás? bien

the british were losing sony ships the german -- two german submarines. churchill pointed out they had to build more than one ship a day to replace with the germans were sinking. that didn't even count the people on the ships. by the end of 1942, we were building thousands of ships. at the end of 1942, the ships became vital to saving britain from starvation in 1942 in 1943. besides, churchill said, we lost aircraft carriers, and we had lost one -- it was the battleship utah. he said he don't need eight aircraft carriers, you need small carriers that can go along quickly with merchant ships to protect them. why don't you just put text on some of your freighters and some of your tankers and turn them into carrier's? and so we did. hundreds of escort carriers were built during the war. many of them would not have been around if it hadn't been for churchill's people who came with advice on how the americans should fight the war. his visit to the white house or not are now to be very crucial, not only to plan attacks against germany, when we could do it, and

today, almost one in five people living here have a non-german background.ermany has a population of just under 82 million. in the year 2030, that figure is expected to drop to 78 million and hit 71,000,020 years later, and those estimates are conservative. the population is not just getting smaller. it is also growing older. in 2013, when germany's baby boomers will have all retired, a huge challenges for government and society will have become reality. >> we are looking at a longer life expectancy and a falling birth rate. that raises a range of issues from how to finance the engines for more people when fewer people are working and how to pay for health care for people who get sick more often as they get older. >> it is an important issue. the german chancellor met today on it with a panel of experts to discuss a strategy to deal with what some are now calling a demographic crisis. in proportion, more old people live in this eastern german city than in any other european city. the demise germany's aging population and its low birth rate, but seniors are a

the british were losing sony ships the german -- two german submarines. churchill pointed out they had to build more than one ship a day to replace with the germans were sinking. that didn't even count the people on the ships. by the end of 1942, we were building thousands of ships. at the end of 1942, the ships became vital to saving britain from starvation in 1942 in 1943. besides, churchill said, we lost aircraft carriers, and we had lost one -- it was the battleship utah. he said he don't need eight aircraft carriers, you need small carriers that can go along quickly with merchant ships to protect them. why don't you just put text on some of your freighters and some of your tankers and turn them into carrier's? and so we did. hundreds of escort carriers were built during the war. many of them would not have been around if it hadn't been for churchill's people who came with advice on how the americans should fight the war. his visit to the white house or not are now to be very crucial, not only to plan attacks against germany, when we could do it, and

them. >> asia's boom is helping german companies achieve record exports, and sales of german productsoad are expected to grow more than 6% in 2012. >> for the first time in this country's history, we're going to surpass the two jaleel -- trillion euro mark for total exports. this is positive information. >> economists said that even though china's economy has been slowing down, asian growth is still strong enough to compensate for a shortfall in its demand for a crisis-stricken european nations and keep germany's export machine hu mming. >> let's turn to the markets. this is from the frankfurt stock exchange. >> traders here in frankfurt were very happy to hear the news about the german foreign trade, but it was not enough to pull the market into a positive close. instead, the market got worse and worse as the day wore on. there was increasingly nervousness that surfaced again over the european sovereign debt crisis. specifically, people are looking at spain and the nervousness there was expressed in rising yields. that is a falling bond prices of spanish sovereign debt. and there was

this would pour billions into german state coffers. >> switzerland is a paradise for german tax evaders, but that could be turning -- that could be coming to an end. finance minister says he is satisfied with the deal. >> if you look at the deal, you will see we worked with germany to make it happened. the goal is to find a fair compromise and a long-term solution. >> germany's finance minister and his swiss counterpart agreed on a plan to tax assets retroactively up to 41%. but german opposition parties say at let's tax dodgers off the -- it lets tax dodgers off the hook. >> it is an understatement to say we will not be able to pursue legal action. we think it would be irresponsible to sign this treaty. >> the treaty would preserve swiss bank's tehama secrecy. swiss authorities will not reveal the names of account holders, but german tax firms will be able to investigate the limited number of people suspected of tax evasion. >> traders have latched on as european exchanges have a third day of losses in a row. the losses were not as dramatic. >> the you read that countries and worries o

the german dax was among the winners. the your stocks 50 leading eurozone companies was flat.he dow jones has been putting in a much better performance. the euro trading for $1.3235. a german consultancy firm says it is about to set up a european ratings agency to compete with the u.s.-based giants. >> munich-based roland berger says it has gathered enough financial pledges from european banks and insurance companies for the project to go ahead. it will be independently run and receive no public funding. the big three u.s.-based agencies -- standard and poor's, moody's, and fitch -- have been criticized for rating u.s. securitized dealt in bonds as top-notch but classifying euro sovereign debt as high risk. the european union says it may take germany to court over a controversial data log. the case could cost berlin fines of more than 30 million euros. >> the row is about a directive ordering states to store records of people's phone calls and e- mails. germany's justice minister is having none of it. >> who made what call and who mailed home? that is information at the center

german car makers have a lot riding on it.>nesses to testify at a trial had described the bombing attack in the norwegian capital, oslo. >> the bombing last july killed eight people. on monday, apologized for claiming innocent lives in the attack but showed no remorse for his 69 victims, most of them the children of leading social democrat party members. >> bulldozers are destroying the safe house that served as the secret hiding place for members of the neo-nazi terrorist group. a trio of right-wing extremists live in the house. >> the leaders of the terrorist cell are responsible for the murders -- at the end of may, was left of the safe house will be removed. the city wants to keep right wing extremists from turning the ruins into a pilgrimage site. after the break, we will have more news, including a look at the challenges facing germany and other countries as a result of the aging population. >> new numbers are out from the eu on that issue, so join us in one minute for more. >> don't go away. >> april 1, 1992, the launch

the germans, left wing germans and poles. he's commander of the largely german speaker because he grew up in the area, speaks german and english as well, and very brave man. the horse falls on it, crushes his limbs, carried off unconscious. when he wakes up, he's coughing blood, goes out to find his unit which is now fighting back in the town of gettysburg, and he rallied them, and what's left of them all the way back to the hill, and the back story of that is that at chancellorsville, the germans ran away, but the politically well-connected commander of the 11th corp., native born, did not listen to the german subordinates. they warned him they were hanging out, that they needed to do something to watch that flank. stone wall jackson was going to show up, they didn't know that, but they were professional soldiers. you got to watch the plank. howard refused to listen. on their own initiative, a number of his so subordinates and other picket the flank. if they had not been waiting there, and the 11th corp. would have been far,

it was kmul aan item of german doctrine almost to end of 1944 any german offensive would succeed in the short run. unstoppable for a given period, like 72 hours. at that point their big problem game they were so far, advanced so far they would have problems with supply and with their flanks being undefended and so forth. that was absolutely an item of doctrine. in fact, one of the reasons why the battle of the bulge was able to take place. the germans just assumed they could punch through for a limited period of time that they could still do that. there was one funny incident that one of the guys told me about. they had, one operation, facing off. always along the river in ten different places and at one point they had been setting up all of their items, their rubber duckies and facing off against the germans and as the attack went across the river in another direction they came across a bunch of wooden tanks the germans had set up. that's the only occasion in which i heard anything like that. generally speaking they didn't do it. and what they did do it in the battle of the bulge when

now to german soccer. schalke 04 is now set to lose their has been talk of him talking -- he was signed it two years ago, quickly becoming a fan favorite. >> it was a difficult decision, in that bottle lot about it. but now that it has been made, there are the most interesting proposals on the table. then, over the coming weeks, we will decide on my future. >> raul scored for schalke 0444 times. >> there were news reports -- there were numerous reasons for my decision. the main window is my family. -- the main one though it is my family. >> wherever raul ends up, he is sure to win over new fans. >> the space shuttle has new fans. the space shuttle discovery has made its final trip to the museum where it will remain parked forever. a team of astronauts and former commanders walked alongside the retired shuttle as it was toward along the tarmac on thursday. thousands of tourists turned out to see the oldest surviving u.s. space shuttle. discovery flew a total of 39 missions. ♪ >> it is not over until the fat

even the german foreign minister called for a release. but after china emerged as a potential rescuer from the euro crisis, the tone softened. no one wants to risk angering the potential financial backer. the academy of arts wants to maintain the pressure on china. it has named the artist as a member. >> publicity is the only protection against capricious treatment. whenever we believe the danger is rearing its head, we speak up, as loud as we can. and many here hope that the government will remain dedicated to the cause. >> in other news now, a report shows germany's carbon dioxide emissions actually fell in 2011. >> the environment ministry years as companies is less than their annual allotment of pollution credits under the eu's emission trading scheme. >> the anti-nuclear movement here has supported the findings. back after japan's 2011 nuclear disaster, germany resolve to close its nuclear power plants. nuclear lobbyists attacked the move, saying it would require a return to coal-burning and lead to an increase in co2 emissions, but

yes exactly that's exactly where he went wrong he tied himself to the german really policy of having having the euro in restricted amounts and having a high valued currency which is hurt the french economy as well and really the austerity which is largely driven by german fears of inflation and arguing that the problem with the economy of the eurozone is the debt vava than of course the overly strong euro and that the overly strong german economy which is dominated the markets of the eurozone states has really been something which is distracted attention from what has actually been going on and that is that france is really it's second playing second fiddle to german economic policy and really that has to change and until that does change france will not be able to get out of the economic problems that it's in you know richard if i go back to you and start on one of the things that i find very interesting is that of course the he's he's really really muddled through his presidency because he wants to move to the right well you can have a real writers we have the pen ok i mean this is

he is also enjoying his german glasses at school. >> german language was his only problem. he is very good in math. >> his sister will also start lessons here in the summer. the project is designed to show that education is the key to integration. >> we mentioned the pope's birthday earlier. here's another one keeping the queen of denmark. it is her birthday today. she turns 20 -- she turns 72. >> she appeared on the balcony in copenhagen. she was greeted by several thousand well-wishers. she contributed illustrations and translations to the danish addition of "board of the brings." -- "lord of the rings." >> working on the birth date. >> if you call that work. >> stay with us.

this cannot continue. >> the ilo fines dangers in the german economy. they say too many jobs are temporary or part-time and poorly paid. >> the labor market may be suffering, but many companies are making a lot of money. we have this report on one firm from frankfurt. >> surprised and pleased for investors -- a stellar first quarter. profits up by almost 40%. there were increases across the product range and across regions in the world. dieter expects more this year than the year before. they expect a higher profit. not least because of the olympic games coming up in london and the european football championship in ukraine and poland. a plus of about 5%. that is a lot. many shares losing. some say not dramatic because of gains last week. others point to spain going into recession. >> right. let's take a look at some of the market numbers and. the dax closed the day more than 0.5% down. the u.s. market down sharply. across the atlantic, we have the markets for you, and the dow jones down 0.3%. the euro roughly flat against the dollar. temperatures here i

the german cabinet approves increased powers for german soldiers fighting pirates in the horn of africa, and t minus 100 days until the summer olympics, and london says everything is on >> the "los angeles times" newspaper has released a photograph showing u.s. serviceman posing with the bodies of dead afghan suicide bombers. heavy criticism. >> they overshadow a nato meeting in brussels designed to map out what role the alliance will play in afghanistan once foreign troops are gone. we will have more analysis from brussels and washington in a moment, but our coverage begins with what came out of the meeting in brussels. >> speaking to media at the meeting, the nato secretary general was quite clear on this point -- nato will remain committed to afghanistan beyond 2014, not as a fighting force, but to train and assist. >> it is in the interest of the whole international community to see strong and highly capable afghan security forces take full responsibility for security. >> the price tag of a mission to assist in afghanistan's army and police forces could cost around $4 billion a year

you have been joined by the german foreign minister," westerwelle.ow does he view the syrian announcement of a cease-fire? >> he is very cautious, like the rest of the political elite and the west, i think. he would like to see a ceasefire tomorrow, but we have seen it so many announcements over the last week, so nobody is really sure what is really going to happen tomorrow. i think everybody would like to be optimistic, but whether we will see a ceasefire, we will see that tomorrow. >> what you think westerwelle is aiming to achieve at the meetings on wednesday and thursday? >> i think the main goal for the g-8 foreign ministers meeting is really to find out whether the russians are willing and able to put more pressure on syria. as you know, there were presidential elections in russia, and the russians were very reluctant to put more pressure on syria. i have to be careful what i am is saying right now, but minister westerwelle has the feeling, he had signs from the russian side that they might change their attitude. and will it put more pressure o

. >> the german soccer league secures a new record deal for bundesliga television rights. ♪ >> on theond day of his trial in oslo, the norwegian mass murderer anders behring breivik has told the court he would do it again. he set off a car bomb in the center of the norwegian capital last july before going on a shooting spree at a youth camp organized by the governing labor party, killing 77 people and wounding many more. >> avoid of emotion, he told the court room i have carried out the most sophisticated and spectacular political attack committed in europe since the second world war. >> anders behring breivik's lawyers warn the shocking statements. on the second day of his trial, the man admitted to killing 77 people and said he still considers himself innocent. breivik claimed he acted in self-defense to protect his country from multi-cultural some. he added that he would do it again if given the chance. that testimony had been delayed by controversy that caused one of the five judges to be taken off the case. the late judge admitted to writing and internet comic the day after the m

the story was that the german minority didn't feel it was treated properly.they then, as i learned history, were alleged in many ways of providing the environment for the creation of a nazi party there. >> jon: right. >> so they were viewed as traitors. in many cases they were. what happened after the war once the allies had won, the germans were pushed out ofçxd czechoslovakia and when i was ambassador and then secretary of state and we were talking about ethic cleansing in the former yugoslavia and what do you think your people did to the germans, they pushed them out, too? i don't believe in selective guilt. one of the reasons that i was so vocal on the idea of war crimes tribunal and the international criminal court. >> jon: right. >> is they we can't ashrine collective guilt we have to assign individual guilt. >> jon: in some respects it would be easier to believe there was an evil group that carried out this terrible thing and no one else could ever approach that level of inhumanity and we find it's more complicated than that the good guys and bad guys

german crisis management. i think no one in germany commensurately not the delran has any plan for this crisis trade what they're doing now is they're trying to define what they did as a plan. it is a little bit unfair because no one has anticipated this. there was nothing [unintelligible] either. this -- what you call it management of the crisis, i would not be that positive. you can detect some driving forces. it is time to make [inaudible] this is an approach that is very german and it's pretty well not to europe but to brussels. it is establishing rules. that basically leaves the thinking that is -- this is you set rules and then you let the markets follow these rules. this includes rules that -- something that seems difficult to address in the u.s. you find market solutions but [inaudible] you force others to follow the rules. it worked quite well at least for the first 30 years of the federal republic and typically, the christian democrats are turning back to this. the problem is economic policy which yo

the sixth armored movie and in the end the germans didn't attack. they were treated back across the river and blew their own bridge behind them. so it's a ka clau colossal gamb guys were involved in. the fact so many survived i think is attributable to the fact they were very good at it. their timing was good and also that the army math was good. the army figured in its own -- irresistible logic, if you have 10,000 or 12,000 men in a division spread out over maybe 10,000 miles of front, 2,000 or 3,000, depending, you get a barrage. so many men and vehicles are there a person percentage will die oren wounded in action. if we oent put 300 guys out there, sure a few tanks and dummy truck, likelihood fewer will get hit. we can try to get the barrage on them. you'd have these guys with artillery shell casings fashioned into a thing calmed a flash device. that would mimic or artillery. if you were on that hill 1,000 yards away thinking, there's that 155 or whatever, and so they're shooting up what are basically fireworks, and getting real artillery back s

that's when two german filmmakers made a documentary, which was shown in germany.ts, and then themselves to give master classes. ♪ ♪ opera vocalists rolf schmitz- malburg and sabine kallhammer came to teach technique and diction. and if you ever questioned that music is the universal language, watch this, a german-speaking teacher tutoring a french- speaking african how to sing an aria in italian. ♪ ♪ but when rolf and sabine moved onto the full choir, it wasn't so easy. were they pleased to see you? do you think that they said, "oh, how wonderful we have two white people here to teach us how to play music"? >> sabina kallhammer: they had experiences with other white people, so i can really understand that they were careful and a little shy. but... but they really were open to learn. >> simon: at times, they weren't sure what they were learning or why. "what was this all about?" the exercises are designed to loosen you up, the germans explained, and after a while, they did. >> kallhammer: and then they started to sing for us, and then we were, like... ♪ ♪ >> kallha

so, a lot, they command german speaking. the german speaking communities are, actually politically quite important. a lot of them, if you do serious a history, you have to learn german, a place like saint louis, maybe. but, you know political, i mean it is partly because, out of respect to, i mean all their points are correct. let me just point that out. sometimes you have examples where -- this is kind of a conflict. i mean, i don't, that, that times negotiating the conflict. concern between one's troops, what the troops want, and overall mission accomplishment. there may be a conflict there. there may be a way to square it in the long view, big view. this may look more ambiguous. i have seen this in counterinsurgency settings. do you think all senior ncos are thrilled with restrictions, escalation of force and roe and stuff luke that. no they're not. i have seen -- these are platoon sergeants who do what they're told to do. but are like, they don't like these rules. and what does the officer have to do? enforce them. all r

is germany going to heat up a sec sports if you look at the last five or ten years the growth in german exports to greece and spain and portugal and the mediterranean countries have just about equaled the increase in the government budget deficits and that's normal keynesian economics when a government runs a bunch of deficit this is purchasing power into the economy which is how the economy is expanding the government doesn't run a budget deficit then you're not going to have this purchasing power injected into the economy and if it doesn't have the purchasing power how is it going to buy imports and if it can't buy imports how will it buy them from germany which has been supplying most of them so it's as if the german bankers and bankers throughout europe are following this kind of automatic clank clank clank thinking in the head budget deficits are bad without thinking wait a minute without purchasing power how are our industrialists going to sell you certainly don't want west germany to have a. much unemployment as east germany or else other going to be in as much trouble as everybo

in france alone, 58 german divisions were waiting. the invasion was a job without letup. incessant and realistic training was of paramount importance. the challenges of morale, the on every level, all of these were overwhelming. but through those tense months and the early part of 44 preparations continued. and finally, after being postponed one day because of weather conditions, the eve of the day of decision was at hand. the commander visited the airborne troops who would lead the invasion. i found the man in fine fettle, he wrote later. joshingly admonishing me i had no cause for worry. d-day, with the fate of the war hanging in the balance. half a million troops backed by millions more faced outward across the stormy sea. on beaches that dotted the french coast of the channel, british, canadian and american troops touched shore. the first fateful moment passed and allied troops were holding on french soil. one week after the landings the commander was able to say to the vast armies under him your accomplishments in the last seven

. >> and the battle for the internet's continues with a german court ruling to block more copyrighted music videos. captioned by the national captioning institute for a plane crash in the pakastani capital of islamabad. more than 100 are feared dead. >> the boeing 737 was carrying 127 passengers and crew from the southern city of karachi and made its final approach during a thunderstorm. 20 people on a grounder also reported dead. air traffic gave clearance for landing, but lost contact with the plane minutes before it went down. witnesses say the plane was completely destroyed. it is unlikely any survivors will be found. >> for more on this, we are live with our correspondent in just summarized their. i think people are beginning to turn to some of the deeper problems that face the aviation industry in pakistan. this is the second such disaster in two years. there was another major crash in islamabad, similar to this situation with a plane going down. the airline has had a troubled history. they had to suspend operations at least four times. indeed the only just reopened at the busin

the german nobel literature laureate gunter grass has drawn sharp criticism from german and israeli politiciansjewish groups for a poem he has written accusing israel and its main supporters of "and injuring already fragile world peace." >> the work is entitled "what must be said." he writes that for decades israel has expanded its capacity without being subject to international scrutiny, and now wants to carry out a preemptive strike on iraq for doing the same thing. >> the poem appeared simultaneously in a number of international paper's including in germany, italy, and the "new york times" in the u.s. he said he expected to be accused of anti-semitism for his views. >> gunter grass is no stranger to controversy, but this time he has strayed into sensitive political territory to israel and germany's strong support for the country. his poem "what must be said" condemns israeli and western policy toward iran. he wrote, why do i only say now, aged and with my last ink, the nuclear power israel is endangering the already fragile world peace? gunter grass has criticized berlin and accused it of st