Editing Rolf Hochhuth (section)

===''A Love in Germany'' and the Filbinger Affaire===
[[File:Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F054628-0028, Ludwigshafen, 26. CDU-Bundesparteitag, Laurien, Filbinger.jpg|thumb|[[Hans Filbinger]] (centre) had to resign in 1978 as Minister-President of [[Baden-Württemberg]] after it became public via Hochhuth's novel ''A Love in Germany'' that he was responsible for death sentences as a Navy judge at the end of [[World War II]]]]

In 1978, his novel ''A Love in Germany'' about an affair between a Polish POW and a German woman in [[World War II]] stirred up a debate about the past of [[Hans Filbinger]], Minister-President of [[Baden-Württemberg]], who had been a Navy lawyer and judge at the end of [[World War II]]. The affair culminated in Filbinger's resignation.

For ''A Love in Germany'', Hochhuth was awarded the [[Geschwister-Scholl-Preis]] in 1980.
In 1983 [[Andrzej Wajda]], who would later win an Honorary Oscar for Lifetime Achievement, made the story into the film ''[[A Love in Germany|Eine Liebe in Deutschland]]''.