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12/07/2018 GMT

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How a magazine article about West Germany's defence strategy led to a government crisis.

In 1962 a magazine article about West Germany's defence capabilities led to seven journalists being jailed, a debate about press freedom, and a full-blown government crisis.

In  the early 1960s a magazine article about West Germany's defence capabilities led to the imprisonment of seven journalists, a vehement debate about press freedom and a full-blown government crisis.  Tim Mansel has been speaking to Franziska Augstein about her father Rudolf Augstein's part in the Spiegel Affair.

Photo: Rudolf Augstein, the publisher of the magazine 'Spiegel' is escorted by the police. Credit: Keystone/Getty Images

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