[lizol]

As to Steinbach.

I have a friend of mine, who I met in Kosovo. He's a German and he's working and leaving in Poland now. He's wife is also a German. They are both young, educated people.

Some time ago I visited them. While having a dinner we talked about many issues, also current Polish - German relations. When I mentioned something relating to Erika Steinbach it turned out, that my friend's wife had no idea who Steinbach was.

My friend was laughing then, that Steinbach is really more "popular" in Poland, than in Germany.

How is that Michael in fact?

[wolf78]

I would be VERY surprised if more than one or two percent of all Germans knew who Erika Steinbach is. Probably less.

Apart from the fact that she is a member of parliament (the Bundestag) she and the "Bund der Vertriebenen" aren't important players in German politics. That might have been different in the 1950s, today she's just a lobbyist among many.

So, frankly, noone here in Germany really understands the fuss the Polish make about Erika Steinbach.

[Michael81Dus]

This is correct. I first heard her name here on Freerepublic, mentioned by a Polish FReeper.