Holocaust Monument for LGBTQ+ Victims Vandalized in Berlin
The public prosecutor is investigating it as a potential hate crime.
August 15, 2023
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The public prosecutor is investigating it as a potential hate crime.
When even the mayor is openly gay, it should come as no surprise that Berlin's nightlife is jumping every night of the week. Bars are clustered round Schoneberg's Nollendorf Plaza, Kreuzberg, Tiergarten, and Prenzlauer Berg. Loosen your tie and leave your briefcase at the hotel; whatever your fetish or fancy, you can be sure to find it in Berlin.
The vandals painted over a window through which visitors can view a video of two men kissing.
Germany on Tuesday inaugurated a memorial to the thousands of homosexuals persecuted and killed under the Nazis, a monument meant both to honor a long-ignored group of victims and to make a statement against ongoing intolerance. The memorial sits on the edge of the capital's Tiergarten park -- across the road from Germany's memorial to the Holocaust's 6 million Jewish victims. The single gray concrete slab is a deliberate echo of the smaller slabs that make up that memorial, but also includes a small window that lets visitors see a film of two men kissing.
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