Politics

Photo of young Angela Merkel in a communist military uniform with East German superiors upsets the former communist who doesn't want her past known.

"All children had to take part if they wanted to go to university, but Mrs Merkel is also alleged to have been a propaganda secretary for the youth movement, the FDJ. "

There's no way to know how much she's being slimed for doing what she had to do to succeed in East Germany and how much she bought into the communist philosophy.