Reuters:
excerpt from "German talk show host canned for praising Nazis" by Scott Roxborough, Reuters and Hollywood Reporter
Germany's public broadcaster has fired a conservative talk show host who praised the family values of the Nazi era, a decision that drew praise from the media and high-ranking politicians.
NDR, part of the national ARD network, ousted Eva Herman from the right wing/left wing talk show "Herman and Tietjen" on Sunday. The move came after Herman, promoting her latest book on family values, said that Hitler's family policies -- which included cash bonuses for extra children and the death penalty for abortions -- were good for the country.
"It was a horrible time with a manic and dangerous leader who led the Germans into ruin. ... But values like family, children and motherhood were promoted in the Third Reich and were destroyed in the 1960s. Much that was of value from that time was destroyed," Herman said. (more)
