Holocaust memorial replica stunt shines light on rightwing radicalism in Germany

Art collective likened to ‘terrorist organisation’ by far-right politician Björn Hocke

When a group of performance artists erected a replica of Berlin’s Holocaust memorial next to the home of a far-right politician, they were hoping to draw attention to the revisionist views of a rising figure on Germany’s nationalist right.

But as the collective finds itself targeted by the first criminal investigation of its kind against a group of artists in modern German history, their stunt is instead putting the spotlight on the proximity between far-right politics and the public servants in formerly Communist east German states.

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from The Guardian http://bit.ly/2IhcWiN
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