Modbert
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BBC News - Merkel ally Steinbach quits in row over blame for WWII
Good to see others in Germany condemning this type of trash.
An ally of German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she will resign from a top party post after suggesting that Poland may have been as responsible as Hitler for the outbreak of World War II.
Erika Steinbach said Poland had mobilised its troops months before the Nazis invaded in September 1939.
Her remarks were criticised by senior politicians including Mrs Merkel.
The BBC's European affairs correspondent Oana Lungescu says Mrs Steinbach, the daughter of a German army officer who served in Nazi-occupied Poland, has long been a figure of hatred for Poles.
Good to see others in Germany condemning this type of trash.