Sebastian Beck
Sebastian Beck is a national affairs editor at the Süddeutsche Zeitung.
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By Sebastian Beck
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EUROPEAN OF THE WEEK
Guido Strack – the downfall of a whistleblower
6 October 201110Süddeutsche Zeitung Munich -
Germany
The Nazi next door
15 February 2011Süddeutsche Zeitung Munich
He wanted justice, and for it risked family, work and health – to lose it all. Guido Strack was once an ambitious officer with the European Commission. But that was before he began to draw attention to abuses in his department. 
In Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in northern Germany right-wing extremists dominate entire villages. A few people go against the flow – and find the struggle a lonely one.