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== Politics ==

== Politics ==

Politically, Grass is linked to German Social-Democratic Party and supported [[Willy Brandt]]. Günter Grass’s memoir was published last summer (2007) in Germany to a chorus of controversy over the author’s service in the Waffen SS. But now that people have read it, most of the criticism has stopped. <ref> [http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/g/gunter_grass/index.html Black Star] By JOHN IRVING </ref>  

Politically, Grass is linked to [[SPD|German Social-Democratic Party]] and supported [[Willy Brandt]]. Günter Grass’s memoir was published last summer (2007) in Germany to a chorus of controversy over the author’s service in the Waffen SS. But now that people have read it, most of the criticism has stopped. <ref> [http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/g/gunter_grass/index.html Black Star] By JOHN IRVING </ref>