I suggested he make some kind of statement about his Nazi past.
In fact, the Nazi past seems more "alive" now than it did 30 or 40 years ago.
But on the other hand, the Nazi past was an issue even for children who couldn't accuse their parents of anything, or didn't want to.
On the average, today's 20-year-olds know considerably more about the Nazi past than the members of my generation knew at the same age.
After more evidence of his Nazi past came to the light he was temporarily suspended in 1956.
In a sense, his whole life has been a struggle with the Nazi past.
By 1958, a stronger desire to confront the Nazi past had come into being.
Their Nazi past was generally ignored, though some were forced to work under false names.
We get allegations all the time from people who suspect that a particular individual may have had a Nazi past.
The seeds of a new openness based on a full confrontation with the Nazi past were planted.