German question
In response to Habermas’s essay, Stürmer in a letter to the editor of the "Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung" published on August 16, 1986 wrote that Habermas was confusing the “national question” with the “German question”, and argued that the German predicament was due to Germany’s geographical situation in the heart of Europe. He denied seeking to “endow” history with a “higher meaning”, accusing Habermas of seeking to do that. Stürmer charged that Habermas had created an “indictment that even fabricates its own sources”, and ended his letter with the remark about Habermas "It's a shame about this man who once had something to say".