Günter Grass. The end of a moral instance or “a scalded child” of his time?

Abstract

Günter Grass’s literary output, his political involvement, and the function of the conscience of the nation assigned to him, until today have been the subject of numerous debates and academic analyzes, resulting in a lot of controversies. He was accused of politicizing, pornography and even demoralization. After confessing ‘I was in the Waffen-SS’ there came an attempt at rebuilding his moral authority, with a repeated emphasis that after the criticism of the Nazi regime Grass should have reflected on his past.