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'Nazi' row sinks German TV star | 'Nazi' row sinks German TV star |
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The German television network NDR has sacked a prominent talk show host after she praised the family model promoted by the Nazis. | The German television network NDR has sacked a prominent talk show host after she praised the family model promoted by the Nazis. |
NDR said Eva Herman, 48, was fired after confirming quotes printed by the newspaper Bild am Sonntag. | NDR said Eva Herman, 48, was fired after confirming quotes printed by the newspaper Bild am Sonntag. |
She said "values like the family, children and motherhood, which were promoted in the Third Reich too, were later scrapped by the 68ers". | She said "values like the family, children and motherhood, which were promoted in the Third Reich too, were later scrapped by the 68ers". |
She was referring to the radicalism that swept the West in the 1960s. | She was referring to the radicalism that swept the West in the 1960s. |
She made the remarks at the launch of her latest book on Friday, called The Noah's Ark Principle - Why we must save the Family. | |
NDR's programme director, Volker Herres, issued a statement saying that "Herman's authorial activities are, in our view, no longer compatible with her role as a television moderator and talk show host". | NDR's programme director, Volker Herres, issued a statement saying that "Herman's authorial activities are, in our view, no longer compatible with her role as a television moderator and talk show host". |
Herman had previously appeared as a newsreader on the Tagesschau bulletin, but stood down last year before the publication of The Eve Principle to protect the neutrality of the programme. | Herman had previously appeared as a newsreader on the Tagesschau bulletin, but stood down last year before the publication of The Eve Principle to protect the neutrality of the programme. |
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