Speech – AVL

10 days ago we celebrated the 76th anniversary of the liberation from German fascism. This historic day in Lichtenberg was overshadowed this year by a march of so-called “Querdenker” who marched through our neighborhoods a few days earlier, spreading partly anti-Semitic conspiracy narratives. And now, a few days later, we have to look at a desecrated Jewish memorial. This shows very concretely how socially acceptable anti-Semitic hatred seems to have become, but also that it has never gone away and that anti-fascist work was, is and remains necessary at all times.

Continue reading Speech after the desecration of the memorial stone for the Jewish community Hohenschönhausen (18.05.2021)

Today an anti-fascist rally took place in front of the Kulturhaus in Karlshorst. The occasion was the meeting of the cultural committee of the district council. A worthy commemoration of Eugeniu Botnari should be debated there. Botnari was fatally injured more than four years ago during a right-wing assault in the Lichtenberg S-Bahn station. The rally reinforced the demand that it cannot be about any form of commemoration. The naming of the southern station forecourt after Botnari alone is appropriate to the cruelty of the act. In this way a worthy sign against right-wing violence in the district can be created. To show that many people think this way, an open letter was read out during the meeting with the demand. At the same time, a list with signatures of 173 supporters was handed over to the chairperson of the cultural committee, Camilla Schuler, and the city councilor for culture, district mayor Michael Grunst. He spontaneously put himself on the list of supporters.

Continue reading Rally for the Eugeniu-Botnari-Square