Berlin Memorial to Gay Victims of the Holocaust Vandalized for Second Time

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By Dorian Batycka

Supporters surrounded the monument with flowers after the vandalization (all images courtesy of Anna Ehrenstein)

A monument in Berlin’s Tiergarten, dedicated to the tens of thousands of LGBTQ people who were killed and persecuted under the Nazis, has been vandalized, again. The vandalism appears to part of a growing sense of homophobia in Berlin with fears mounting that the city’s infamous tolerance is yielding to violence and unease by far-right groups. Artist duo Elmgreen & Dragset, who designed the monument over a decade ago, says, “The memorial can be repaired — it is far worse when the victim of violent homophobia is a human being.”[More]