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(The following is a news item posted on the Raincoast Blog at http://blogs.raincoast.com it was emailed to you using the Tell A Friend feature.) Click here to read the full item: http://blogs.raincoast.com/weblog/nobel-prize-winning-author-admits-to-serving-in-hilters-ss/ Gunter Grass, author of the The Tin Drum, Crabwalk, and many other works of fiction and nonfiction, announced in an interview Saturday that he served in Hitler’s Waffen SS, the combat arm of the Nazis during the Second World War. The confession has stirred up mixed feelings among historians, reviewers, fans and Grass’ biographer. The CBC reports that Gunter “Grass has always been a critic of German society, pushing people to come to terms with their Nazi past. For decades, he… ...

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