evidence: Nothing could be further from the truth. Thirteen members of my family were murdered in the concentration camps of the Holocaust. My Grandma, unlike her cousins, aunts and uncles, survived. She and I were close. My family knows the evils of fascism painfully well. To say the least. To call me "fascist" was ludicrous beyond belief. [...] Emotions were high. Despite pressure to nix me they invited me to continue with the band. That took courage, particularly in the age of so called "cancel culture". I made an apology and agreed to take a temporary step back. [...] "And he who is not sufficiently courageous to defend his soul — don’t let him be proud of his ‘progressive’ views, and don’t let him boast that he is an academician or a people’s artist, a distinguished figure or a general. Let him say to himself: I am a part of the herd and a coward. It’s all the same to me as long as I’m fed and kept warm."