![]() ![]() This is a limited version of the story so unfortunately this content is not available.īut fans of the singer said his performance was a recreation of a scene in Pink Floyd's 1982 film The Wall, based on the hit album of the same name. ![]() US campaign group StopAntisemitism also accused Waters of "denigrating" the murder of Frank. It wrote on Twitter: "Good morning to every one but Roger Waters who spent the evening in Berlin (Yes Berlin) desecrating the memory of Anne Frank and the six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust." ![]() Video clips and photos of the show, at the German capital's Mercedes-Benz Arena on 17 May, have sparked outrage.Īnother image of the concert shows the name of Holocaust victim Anne Frank in large letters as a backdrop.Ĭritics include Israel's Foreign Ministry. Germany has strict rules against the use of Nazi imagery - punishable by up to three years in prison - although its laws do allow exceptions for artistic or educational reasons. The British bassist and singer was filmed wearing a long black coat and red armband - featuring crossed hammers instead of swastikas - as he pretended to shoot the fake weapon during a skit between songs. Police in Germany have launched an investigation into Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters after he fired an imitation machine gun while wearing a Nazi-inspired uniform at a concert in Berlin. ![]()
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