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“We, the Greens, should thank our former foreign minister Joschka Fischer for bringing something hideous and shameful to light - that Nazi ideas were fully adopted by white-collar workers in the Foreign Ministry. Joschka Fischer stood up to criticism that he would foul his own nest, and with his order to start the historical commission he made it clear that the ministry's pride in itself, as a haven of resistance to Hitler, was no longer acceptable.”

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Claudia Roth is a German politician born on May 15, 1955. She has been a leader of the German Green Party and has held several key positions in government, dedicated to environmental protection and the peace movement. more

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