Paech was among eleven PDS MPs who abstained from voting on the anti-semitism declaration , which was made on the occasion of the 70th '' Kristallnacht '' anniversary . Their actions drew criticism from the Union and Green Bundestag fractions . The eleven MPs explained that , while the concerns are justified , the declaration would discredit any criticism on American and Israeli war policies as an act of anti-semitism
Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht
Norman Paech