A German theater offering free tickets to Swastika wearers at the premier of its play “Mein Kampf” is under investigation amid a massive public uproar. It is illegal to publicly display the National Socialist symbol in Germany.
The law didn’t stop the City Theatre in Konstanz from encouraging theater-goers to wear swastika arm bands to the play based on Adolf Hitler’s book, which opens on his birthday on Friday, The Daily Mail reported.
The theater reportedly said those who opted not to wear the controversial symbol would be asked to don a Star of David “as a sign of solidarity with the victims of barbarism.”
The offer sparked a backlash, forcing German prosecutors to launch a probe after a flood of complaints were lodged with the prosecutor's office in the southern German city, USA Today reported.
Central to such investigations is freedom of artistic creation, which may provide a buffer to the theater.
Meanwhile, the theater’s management has argued that the offer was nothing more than a social experiment to establish how easily people could be influenced.
According to a spokesperson, about 50 people have expressed interest in taking a free ticket, The Daily Mail noted.
This latest controversy comes as anti-Semitic incidents spew around the country, prompting German Chancellor Angela Merkel to issue a warning addressing the “shameful” rise in the movement, Newsweek reported.
“It is inconceivable and shameful that no Jewish institution can exist without police protection, whether it is a school, a kindergarten or a synagogue,” she said, speaking on International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
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