08/18/2008
Berlin's memorial to the thousands of homosexuals persecuted and killed by
the Nazis was damaged over the weekend, less than three months after its
unveiling. Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit condemned the attack and joined a
demonstration at the site on Monday.
Visitors inspect damage done to the monument to homosexuals persecuted by
the Nazis in Berlin.
The mayor of Berlin, Klaus Wowereit, condemned an attack that damaged the
city's monument to homosexuals (more...)persecuted by the Nazis and joined a
demonstration at the scene on Monday afternoon.
"An attack against this memorial is clearly directed against homosexuals --
that can be said without waiting for further police investigations. We must
show our condemnation of this act of intolerance and homophobia," said
Wowereit, who is himself openly gay.
A viewing window in the concrete monument through which a video of two men
kissing can be seen was smashed in the attack. The damage was reported by a
passerby on Saturday, police said, adding that they had launched an
investigation.
Germany's Association of Lesbians and Gays said in a statement: "Everything
suggests that this attack was motivated by a hatred of homosexuals."
"The attack shows in a drastic way how necessary this monument is. Hostility
to homosexuals remains virulent. The kissing scene shown in the monument
evidently hit the mark. Even in a democratic society there are people who
can't stand the sight of men kissing in public."
The monument was unveiled at a ceremony on May 27 and commemorates the
thousands of homosexual men who died in concentration camps because of Nazi
laws persecuting them for their sexual persuasion.
more at :
http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,572829,00.html
Berlin's memorial to the thousands of homosexuals persecuted and killed by
the Nazis was damaged over the weekend, less than three months after its
unveiling. Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit condemned the attack and joined a
demonstration at the site on Monday.
Visitors inspect damage done to the monument to homosexuals persecuted by
the Nazis in Berlin.
The mayor of Berlin, Klaus Wowereit, condemned an attack that damaged the
city's monument to homosexuals (more...)persecuted by the Nazis and joined a
demonstration at the scene on Monday afternoon.
"An attack against this memorial is clearly directed against homosexuals --
that can be said without waiting for further police investigations. We must
show our condemnation of this act of intolerance and homophobia," said
Wowereit, who is himself openly gay.
A viewing window in the concrete monument through which a video of two men
kissing can be seen was smashed in the attack. The damage was reported by a
passerby on Saturday, police said, adding that they had launched an
investigation.
Germany's Association of Lesbians and Gays said in a statement: "Everything
suggests that this attack was motivated by a hatred of homosexuals."
"The attack shows in a drastic way how necessary this monument is. Hostility
to homosexuals remains virulent. The kissing scene shown in the monument
evidently hit the mark. Even in a democratic society there are people who
can't stand the sight of men kissing in public."
The monument was unveiled at a ceremony on May 27 and commemorates the
thousands of homosexual men who died in concentration camps because of Nazi
laws persecuting them for their sexual persuasion.
more at :
http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,572829,00.html
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