GAY HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL VANDALISED
A recently opened Berlin memorial to commemorate the lesbian and gay victims of the Nazi regime has been vandalised.
According to reports, a viewing window and a fence surrounding the memorial were damaged on the weekend.
The memorial, which was only launched on May 27, cost around 600,000 Euros and is situated in Berlin’s prominent Tiergarten Park just across from the Jewish Holocaust Memorial.
One side of the memorial has a small window through which viewers can watch a short black and white film of two men kissing.
Berlin’s openly-gay mayor, Klaus Wowereit, spoke out against the vandalism during a demonstration by LGBT groups at the scene on Monday.
“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,” he said.
The exact number of people who were tortured and killed during the holocaust because of their sexual orientation is unknown, but some estimates suggest that about 54,000 homosexuals were arrested by Nazis with 7,000 to 10,000 killed in concentration camps.
Gloryhole. Am I the only queer looking at this and thinking – the best memorial they could come up with for us was a concrete gloryhole?
Huh?. Surely they could”ve come up with a better memorial befitting of the (gay) men and women who lost their lives in the war. On the bright side, at least they are being acknowledged for their brave efforts.
point at hand please. Are you two insane! What do you want, a life sized reproduction of 300?! This memorial is demure and in keeping with the brevity of its subject. And besides, here is an article about a memorial being defaced and you comment on the price tag and the design. Let”s stick to the point here.
As for what I think about what happened, it was probably some drunk hooligans who didn”t even know what it was for. Fix it and let it go. If you make a fuss, people with serious intent will be at it next.
A point for you…. Geez, don”t get your granny fanny in a twist here…
I acknowledged the fact that at least there is a memorial, which many cities would not do. In my opinion it could”ve been more resprensentative of the gay and lesbian community than a video hidden in a concrete block of two men kissing. IMO, I don”t see how that is supposed to immortalise those who died? There is more to being gay and lesbian than just one”s sexuality. I seriously doubt that while those brave men and women were being killed in the concentration camps or fighting in the war they were thinking of kissing or sex. They were thinking about survival!!
No-one disagrees that the vandalisation of the memorial was a cowardly act, and I whole heartedly agree with the mayor”s statement. And it”s true, if you make a fuss of it then people will do it again to get the attention but it shouldn”t be forgotten, just like those men and women who faught and died in a war that gives us the freedom to live how we choose. That”s the real point!!
….. Now you”ve got the girl upset ….
So right. you have the right idea. fix it and move on. there are biger problems in the world today
High cost. I cant believe that it cost ?600,000 (R6 million)!!