 Moreover, he argued that whatever Germany did to start the First World War was only a defensive reaction imposed by geography.The sessions of the 1986 Römerberg Colloquia involving Stürmer were stormy When it became time to print the proceedings of the Colloquia, he refused to allow his contributions to be published, complaining of the "defamations and denunciations" he alleged to have been subjected to.When his contribution, the essay "Weder verdrängen noch bewältigen