Sure enough. When the compost hit the air-conditioner he proved to be a coward. I am told that Jacob Klein, one of the "gods" at my college, said that as far as he knew Heidegger was the only great philosopher who was a bad man. (He also didn't think much of the US, but I think that was just continental snobbery and ignorance.)
But he WAS a GREAT philosopher. This is not the same thing as saying that he was right, and certainly not the same thing as saying he was right about everything.
Very interesting, I had no idea. Thanks for the background. (You too, Kosta.)