German TV Host Shown the Door, Again

PASSAU, Germany. Oct. 10, 2007— -- Eva Herman, who was sacked from her job as a German TV host last month following her controversial remarks about Nazi family values, once again found herself out in the cold Tuesday.

Herman appeared on German public broadcaster ZDF's "Johannes B. Kerner" talk show and was asked several times whether she regretted her comments in which she lauded family planning under the Nazis, whose reign of terror in Germany lasted from 1934 to 1945.

"If we are not allowed to speak about Nazi family values, we also can't talk about highways that were built then and on which we are still driving," she replied.

A visibly frustrated Kerner decided to end his conversation with Herman and motioned her toward the door. Herman then left the studio; her PR manager told ABCNEWS.com that she was not available to speak to the media.

In a statement issued by ZDF, Kerner said: "I had hoped that Mrs. Herman would explain her controversial remarks during our talk, but when it became clear that we couldn't make any headway I ended my discussion with her and turned to the other guests."

Last month Herman, 48, a prominent TV presenter, talk show host and author of two books, was sacked by her network after she praised family values while presenting one of her books, making a connection to Adolph Hitler's Third Reich.

In her book "The Noah's Ark Principle -- Why We Must Save the Family," she wrote, "It was a gruesome time with a totally crazy and highly dangerous leader who led the Germans into ruin as we all know. But there was also something good at the time, and that is family values, that is the children, that is the families, that is a togetherness -- something that was all abolished, something we no longer have."

She also said: "Women should stay at home and bear children rather than focus on their careers."

In the presentation, she told an audience that "values such as family, children and motherhood, which were also promoted in the Third Reich, were subsequently abandoned by the 1968 generation."

Herman has maintained that her statements were taken out of context. She told Bild Zeitung, "I expressly distanced myself from the Third Reich at several points. ... One has put my statement into its overall context. This is not about Hitler's values but about basic human values, which were abused in the Third Reich and later abolished."

Before Herman's firing, guests had canceled appearances on her talk show, and NDR network executives expressed concern over her remarks about family values and motherhood.

"Frau Herman is free to carry on her 'crusade for motherhood,' but this is no longer compatible with her role as NDR TV presenter," the broadcaster said in a statement in September.

Herman, who is married for the third time and mother of one child, was furious. She refused to apologize and complained of a media witch hunt against her.