Berlin police said on Friday they were investigating Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters for inciting hatred after he wore a Nazi uniform at a concert in the German capital.
Images posted on social media last week showed Roger Waters in a long black coat with red armbands on stage at the Mercedes-Benz Arena.
Great news! Berlin police have launched a criminal investigation into Roger Waters after his concert in which he dressed as a Nazi SS officer with a gun and belittled the murder of Anne Frank.
shocking @AMCTheatres currently promoting Waters. pic.twitter.com/6AlIHMmbR2
– StopAntisemitism (@StopAntisemitism) May 25, 2023
“We are investigating the suspicion of inciting public hatred because the clothes worn on stage could be used to glorify or justify Nazi rule, disturbing public peace,” police spokesman Martin Halweg told AFP. , confirming a report by the Jewish News.
“The clothes resemble an SS officer’s clothes,” Halweg added.
Roger Waters is a well-known pro-Palestinian activist accused of holding anti-Jewish views. He floated an inflatable pig with the Star of David during his concerts.
Fuck The Board of Deputies, the apartheid state of Israel, NATO, Zelenskyy, AZOV, Joe fucking Biden and the Democrats, the US military industrial complex, Blackrock and all the other assholes who profit from war.
I stand with Roger Waters. Fuck the media. We know who pays you. pic.twitter.com/87JbIUo1wb—Mannie Quinn (@MannieMighty1) May 25, 2023
The “Another Brick In The Wall” singer denies allegations of anti-Semitism, saying he was protesting Israeli policies, not the Jewish people.
During the same show in Berlin, Roger Waters also displayed on a screen the names of several deaths, including that of Anne Frank, the Jewish teenager who died in a Nazi concentration camp, and that of Shireen Abu Akleh, a murdered Palestinian-American journalist , which generated criticism that he relativized the Holocaust.
“Good morning all except Roger Waters, who spent the night in Berlin (yes, Berlin) desecrating the memory of Anne Frank and the 6 million Jews murdered in the Holocaust,” Israel’s Foreign Ministry tweeted earlier this week.
The musician has played in several German cities in recent weeks as part of the “This Is Not A Drill” tour. The last should be Sunday, in Frankfurt, with a demonstration scheduled for that day.
The city government tried to cancel the show, but a court stopped it, citing artistic freedom.
Source: DN
