Dossier: Günter Grass
August 18, 2006![](https://static.dw.com/image/652244_800.webp)
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Germany's Nobel prize winning author Günter Grass is facing a backlash from contemporaries and commentators after he admitted that he served in Nazi Germany's notorious Waffen SS elite force during World War II.
DW-WORLD.DE follows the discussion surrounding the 78-year-old and offers commentaries on the writer's revelations.