German TV stars taken off-air over Nazis references
 
German late-night television host Julianne Ziegler, 26, lost her job last week after jokingly using the German phrase "Arbeit Macht Frei" (translated as "Work makes you free"), inscribed over the gates of the Auschwitz death camp in Poland, during a live broadcast.

Ziegler made the statement in response to a guest who voiced his displeasure at having to go to work following the interview.
 

The Station Owner

ProSebien, the station on which the program airs, is the second largest private station in Germany. It is unclear whether the fact that the station's owner, Haim Saban, is Israeli had anything to do with the decision, but the station managers decided to fire Ziegler immediately.

The Starlet Quickly Apologized

Shortly after, she was taken off-screen, and when she returned, she offered the audience a nervous and serious apology: "Earlier I had a slip of the tongue. It was unintentional."

Facing the camera, she said, "this is a live broadcast. It was a silly mistake. I'm sorry." The apology failed to save her job.

A German TV Reality Show

A week before Ziegler's dismissal, another girl was thrown off a German reality program after a home video showing her  singing "Deutschland, Deutschland Uber Alles" was posted online.

Maybe a personal apology at Dov Stein's apartment could clear the air?

 

Charlotte Knobloch Of The High Council For German Jewry

She wasted no time in condemning the video, saying "This type of humor is unacceptable and not tolerable on a television broadcast."

Eva Herman

This 18 year news veteran said "In 1933 the German people were united, and nationalism was not totally wrong. Germans had a pride in those days.".

"If we can no longer discuss the Nazis' family values, then we also cannot discuss the fast roads they built. We can't discuss German history without endangering ourselves."
 

Eva Herman Was Physically Escorted Off Another Talk Show

Eva Herman, 48, was a guest, along with three members of the Jewish society, on German public broadcaster ZDF's "Johannes B. Kerner" talk show, was asked by the host whether she regretted comments in which she lauded family planning policy under the Nazis. When she refused, she was thrown off the show.