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German prosecutors have launched a probe into a theater's plans to offer free tickets to a play named after Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf to people willing to don a swastika.
A spokesman from the prosecutor's office in the southern city of Constance said it had received a number of complaints about the theater's offer. Under German law, publicly displaying the National Socialist symbol is illegal, with very few exceptions.
The theater is offering free admission to those spectators willing to wear an armband with a Nazi swastika, given to them ahead of the performance on April 20, Hitler's birthday.
Those who pay for a ticket will be asked to wear a Star of David "as a sign of solidarity with the victims of barbarism," the theater's operators wrote on their website.
The prosecutors will determine whether the offer falls under freedom of artistic creation.
The offer has created an uproar, with the region's German-Israeli Society calling it "tasteless."
The theater has defended the idea, saying it was aimed at showing how easily people can be corrupted. It told German broadcaster SWR that the number of people willing to wear swastika for free tickets was surprising and frightening.
According to the theater, writer-director George Tabori's take on Hitler's autobiography Mein Kampf is a caricature of the Nazi leader's early years.
The controversy comes as Germany grapples with a rise in anti-Semitism, especially in schools.
Springtime for Hitler..what's playing?
The deal is you're actually supposed to READ the article.I thought it was banned in Deutschland--what's the deal?
the deal is you're a jackass --I DID read it ------and?????????!!!!The deal is you're actually supposed to READ the article.I thought it was banned in Deutschland--what's the deal?
I do admit it is low on details, but it does talk about that.
Never saw this coming. Merkle should import some more muslims.
Kind of an interesting experiment. If you pay full price, you are asked to wear a Star of David armband. If you want to get in for free, you wear a swastika.
Amazing how little some people will sell out for. Me? I'd probably be in the Star of David crowd, because there is no way in hell that I would ever wear a Nazi swastika.
The theater said they were shocked and amazed as to how many people were willing to sell out for the price of admission.
Sorry, I gave you wrong advice. You're not capable of comprehension.the deal is you're a jackass --I DID read it ------and?????????!!!!The deal is you're actually supposed to READ the article.I thought it was banned in Deutschland--what's the deal?
I do admit it is low on details, but it does talk about that.
You know, I saw an article on the news that said around half of the millenials don't even know what the Holocaust was. If you won't remember history, then you are doomed to repeat it.
what makes them think they were actually "selling out" though?Kind of an interesting experiment. If you pay full price, you are asked to wear a Star of David armband. If you want to get in for free, you wear a swastika.
Amazing how little some people will sell out for. Me? I'd probably be in the Star of David crowd, because there is no way in hell that I would ever wear a Nazi swastika.
The theater said they were shocked and amazed as to how many people were willing to sell out for the price of admission.
what makes them think they were actually "selling out" though?Kind of an interesting experiment. If you pay full price, you are asked to wear a Star of David armband. If you want to get in for free, you wear a swastika.
Amazing how little some people will sell out for. Me? I'd probably be in the Star of David crowd, because there is no way in hell that I would ever wear a Nazi swastika.
The theater said they were shocked and amazed as to how many people were willing to sell out for the price of admission.
Again, my question is, how do they know they are "sell outs?"what makes them think they were actually "selling out" though?Kind of an interesting experiment. If you pay full price, you are asked to wear a Star of David armband. If you want to get in for free, you wear a swastika.
Amazing how little some people will sell out for. Me? I'd probably be in the Star of David crowd, because there is no way in hell that I would ever wear a Nazi swastika.
The theater said they were shocked and amazed as to how many people were willing to sell out for the price of admission.
Most people are morally and ethically opposed to what the swastika stands for. If you wear one, you are endorsing that symbol and all it stands for.
If you are morally or ethically opposed to Nazis and wear a swastika just to get into a show for free? You're a sellout.
You people can't do anything that bothers me.Never saw this coming. Merkle should import some more muslims.
does it bother you that anyone is objecting to the swastikas?
