*German Chancellor [[Friedrich Merz]]: Grandfather Josef Paul Sauvigny was a [[Nazi]] politician and mayor of Brilon, western Germany. He praised the Nazi “national revolution” in 1933 and renamed his town’s streets after party bigwigs. Applied for membership in the party as early as May 1933, months after [[Hitler]] seized power. Merz has described his granddad as “an admirable role model”. | *German Chancellor [[Friedrich Merz]]: Grandfather Josef Paul Sauvigny was a [[Nazi]] politician and mayor of Brilon, western Germany. He praised the Nazi “national revolution” in 1933 and renamed his town’s streets after party bigwigs. Applied for membership in the party as early as May 1933, months after [[Hitler]] seized power. Merz has described his granddad as “an admirable role model”. |