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===Leadership===
===Leadership===
*German Chancellor [[Friedrich Merz]]: Grandfather Josef Paul Sauvigny was a [[Nazi]] politician and mayor of Brilon, western Germany. 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”.
*[[UN General Assembly]] President and former German Foreign Minister [[Annalena Baerbock]]: Grandfather Waldemar Baerbock, a [[Wehrmacht]] officer superiors called a “dedicated soldier completely rooted in [[National Socialism]]”, was awarded the War Merit Cross with Swords in 1944. In 2004, Annalena described the EU project as the “reunification of Europe”, saying she and her colleagues were “standing on the shoulders of our grandparents”.
*[[Polish]] Prime Minister [[Donald Tusk]]: Grandfather Jozef Tusk was conscripted into the Wehrmacht in 1942, deserting in 1945. A debate continues to rage in Poland about the [[Prime Minister]]’s family’s past.
===Anti-Israel===
===Anti-Israel===