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An urn covered with a black plastic wrap placed by the artist group ‘Centre for Political Beauty’ in front of the German parliament building, the Reichstag in Berlin
GERMAN artists’ collective the Centre for Political Beauty today covered up an urn it had set up outside the Reichstag containing the remains of Holocaust victims.
The group apologised for offending “Jewish institutions, associations and individuals” with the insensitive stunt, which had been intended as a warning against the growth of the far right in Germany and how conservative politicians had paved Hitler’s way to power in the 1930s.
“We want to apologise especially ... to individuals who see our work as disturbing or touching the peace of the dead according to Jewish religious law,” it stated on its website.
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