The Saarland Interior Minister Reinhold Jost (SPD) condemns the renewed description of a memorial for the persecuted and murdered Sinti and Roma within the Saarbrücken Echelmeyerpark. “Those who smear a memorial not only destroy a work of art, but also violate our culture of remembrance and respect for the victims of National Socialism,” he mentioned. Such acts exceeded “a clear border that cannot be tolerated in a democratic society”.

The day earlier than, it grew to become recognized that strangers broken the “Nachhall” memorial. The monument had already been smeared in March. The memorial was solely inaugurated in November 2024. It is harking back to the Sinti and Roma, who lived within the former Saar space and had been persecuted and murdered within the time of National Socialism.

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