Peeling the Onion
memoir by Grass
Also known as: “Beim Häuten der Zwiebel”
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discussed in biography
- In Günter Grass: Nobel Prize and a controversial memoir
…Beim Häuten der Zwiebel (2006; Peeling the Onion), caused widespread controversy, with some arguing that it undercut his moral authority. He had previously claimed that he had been drafted into an air defense unit in 1944.
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War Stories: 13 Modern Writers Who Served in War
- In War Stories: 13 Modern Writers Who Served in War: Günter Grass
…Beim Häuten der Zwiebel (Peeling the Onion), in which he revealed that he had been part of the Hitler Youth movement as a teen, was refused as a volunteer for submarine duty in the German military at age 15, and was called up to the Waffen-SS (the elite military…
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