'I've nothing to hide': Angela Merkel shrugs off new book's claims that she was propaganda secretary in Communist East Germany
- New book revives questions over Merkel's links to Communism in her youth
- Claims nothing to hide but says she's never been asked about certain things
- In 2010 she admitted she still uses East German detergent and hoards food
PUBLISHED:
12:50 GMT, 13 May 2013
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UPDATED:
14:19 GMT, 13 May 2013
Chancellor Angela
Merkel has shrugged aside a book that suggests she may have been closer
to East Germany's communist system than previously thought, saying she's
never hidden anything.
The
58-year-old Merkel grew up in East Germany and entered politics as
communism crumbled in 1989. It's long been known that, like many, she
joined the communist youth organization. She has said she 'politically
lived an assimilated life'
A
book appearing this week revives questions about whether Merkel was a
propaganda secretary for the youth organization, which she denies, and
says she was an active labor union official.
Comrade Angela: Angela Merkel, 58, grew up in
East Germany and entered politics as communism crumbled in 1989 and it's
long been known that, like many, she joined the communist youth
organization