27 Oct 2008 | News and features
Germany’s largest trade union has called for the resignation of Hans-Werner Sinn, president of the Ifo ecomonic research institute, after he compared the criticism of bank managers during the credit crunch to the persecution of Jews in Nazi Germany.
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1 Feb 2008 | News and features
The German family ministry is pushing for the ban of children’s book How Do I get To God, Asked The Small Piglet.
The ministry has written to the federal department responsible for reviewing children’s literature, saying “the book ridicules three worldwide religions: Christianity, Islam and Judaism (…), this later being shown as particularly fearful and cruel”.
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