“Roger Waters Investigated in Germany for SS Officer Appearance and Angers Israel with Anne Frank and Al Jazeera Display in Concert”

On May 17, during his concert in Berlin, Roger Waters wore a long black coat with red bracelets, very reminiscent of the uniform of an SS officer. The German police have now launched an investigation. “The clothes he wore suggest a glorification, endorsement or justification of the Nazi regime in a way that degrades the dignity of the victims,” ​​said Martin Halweg, spokesman for the Berlin police. The mirror.

The concert was noticed not only in Germany, but also in Israel. On the screens behind Waters were the names of Anne Frank and the Palestinian, among others–American Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, who was shot dead during an Israeli military operation. Israel saw that as a comparison between the two. “Roger Waters is trying to compare Israel to the Nazis,” Israel’s UN Ambassador Danny Danon said on Twitter. “He is one of the greatest anti-Semites of our time.”

Waters will also perform in Frankfurt on Sunday. The municipality had first canceled that performance due to anti-Semitic statements, but that was reversed by the court due to freedom of expression. There will be demonstrators who protest against the concert and thus respond to the call of the political party Die Grünen and the local Jewish community.