Günter Nooke

Günter Nooke (born January 21, 1959) is a German politician (CDU), former civil rights activist, and Federal Government Commissioner for Human Rights Policy and Humanitarian Aid.

Quotes

 * An interim candidate would not make a radical change.
 * International Herald Tribune, March 7, 2000: "2 Kohl Party Contenders Have Strong Ties to Ex-Communist Region : German Politics Opens Up to the East"
 * On Angela Merkel's chance for Chancellorship


 * If we're going to have Kati Witt and 'The G.D.R. Show,' why not have a Nazi-era celebrity introducing 'The Third Reich Show'?
 * New York Times, October 1, 2003: "Artifacts of Überkitsch Evoke Old East Germany; High and Low Culture Offer Powerful Reminders"
 * To German journalists, on so-called Ostalgie revival television shows


 * It was not a vote for Hohmann or against Merkel - it was a vote for an open society.
 * BBC (UK Version), November 14, 2003: "CDU red-faced over 'anti-Semitism' row"
 * During the Hohmann crisis - voting for the expulsion, but saying the No votes represented a kick-back against "political correctness"


 * She showed the direction, and the party followed her. It was decisive that Merkel appeared human and credible, thereby winning over the trust of the party members.
 * The Christian Science Monitor, April 10, 2000: "Embattled German conservatives try 'girl' power"
 * On the fact, that Merkel was the first to break with Helmut Kohl publicly.


 * Sie haben Diktatur nicht erlebt, Frau Roth! Wenn sich alle einig sind, bedeutet das noch nicht, dass alle Recht haben!
 * Translation: You did not experience dictatorship, Mrs Roth! If everyone agrees - it does not mean, that everyone is right!
 * In response to Claudia Roth, plenary session of German Parliament (Bundestag), June 17, 2004, on Controversial Memorial Concept remembering the victims of the 20th century's two totalitarian regimes