The advantage of the notorious cover of Der Spiegel that showed Angela Merkel in front of the Acropolis surrounded by Nazi officers is that it finally poses, in a way that cannot be dodged, the question of Germanophobia in Europe.
This has dragged on for quite some time.
There were the demonstrations in Cyprus in March 2013, with the banners bearing caricatures of the German chancellor done up as Adolf Hitler.
In Valencia at around the same time, on the occasion of the annual Fallas, there was Merkel as an evil headmistress delivering to the head of the Spanish government and his ministers …read more
Source: The Huffington Post
