Did he really just say that? Michael Kühnen could hardly believe what was happening in front of his eyes on television. The prominent poet Erich Fried - leftist, Jew and resolute anti-fascist - complained that he - Germany's most famous neo-Nazi - had been banned from participating in the ongoing TV discussion at short notice. “Whether you should invite him or not,” says Fried, “you can argue about that. If you have invited him to unload him, it is definitely wrong and petty. "