"Even bad books are books and, therefore, sacred", commented Günter Graß in The Tin Drum, 1959. Günter Wilhelm Graß, born in Gdańsk, Poland on the 16th October, 1927 to Wilhelm and Helene Graß, is recognized worldwide for his many artistic works including novels, poems, plays, paintings, and sculptures. Graß’ works are primarily political and generally controversial; “Was gesagt werden muß”, for example, is a poem about his fear of the threat of annihilation of the Iranian people. “Was gesagt werden muß” caused Graß to be harshly criticized by Israel's Foreign Minister, Avigdor, and even banned from entering Israel by Eli Yishai, Israel's Minister. Graß won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1999, he sadly died 16 years later, in 2015, at age
