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Comedian branded a traitor by neo-Nazis for his chat show apology to a Holocaust survivor
Atze Schröder was attacked after admitting his father committed ‘horrible’ crimes as a Wehrmacht soldier
February 10, 2020 10:13
Atze Schröder was attacked after admitting his father committed ‘horrible’ crimes as a Wehrmacht soldier
February 10, 2020 10:13A German comedian has come under attack from neo-Nazis after his tearful admission on a talk show that his father committed crimes as a soldier during the Second World War.
Atze Schröder told a Holocaust survivor during the programme that his father had “done horrible things as a soldier. He told me about them later.”
He said there were “many tragedies in our family that were swept under the rug”, and that several relatives — including his grandmother and several uncles — had committed suicide after Nazi Germany capitulated.
Eva Szepesi, the Auschwitz survivor who also appeared on the Markus Lanz show last week, said she found the admission “absolutely extraordinary”, JTA reported.
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