The writer & social critic who caused controversy with his revelation that he served in the Waffen-SS during World War 2.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/14/w...at-87.html?_r=0

I've only read some parts of Die Blechtrommel, but I see it's out of stock on Amazon today. I do have a copy of Katz und Maus upstairs, though. Might go re-read it.

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I'm really not familiar with Gunter Grass, his works or his past, but, I'll leave his judgment to his creator. RIP Gunter Grass.