The anti-Semitism Officer of the Federal government, Felix Klein, has criticised a Video by the Band Rammstein. A staging as a “doomed concentration camp prisoners represents the Exceeding of a red line,” he told the imagenewspaper. In yesterday released the video for the Rammstein-members are Knitting around the neck on a gallows, their clothing reminiscent of the clothing of the inmates of Nazi concentration camps. the
A promotional video of the Band Rammstein has provoked critical reactions. The anti-Semitism Officer of the Federal government, Felix Klein said of the imagenewspaper, a staging as “doomed, concentration camp prisoners represents the Exceeding of a red line”. If this should be purely to promote sales, handle it as a “tasteless exploitation of the freedom of art”.
The criticism refers to a Video Clip, the video artist has released Specter on Wednesday on Instagram. The members of Rammstein are in it with the Knit around the neck on a gallows. Their clothing is reminiscent of the clothing of the inmates of Nazi concentration camps. At the end of the fade in “Germany” and the date is from today, Thursday, in Roman numerals.
The former President of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, Charlotte Knobloch, accused the musicians of “instrumentalization and trivialization of the Holocaust”. The Band have crossed a line, she said, the image. “Like Rammstein needs the suffering and murder of millions to Entertainment purposes, is frivolous and repellent.”
the spokesperson of The Jerusalem’s Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial called to a responsible stewardship of the memory of the murdered Jews. The Institution of Yad Vashem criticize “is not generally artistic Works, which are reminiscent of Holocaust images,” she told the newspaper. Respectful artistic representations could be legitimate. You are likely to insult the memory of the Holocaust, however, does not belittle or defile – and not just as a “bare tool” serve to generate attention.
