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German Court Prohibits Keffiyeh At Buchenwald: 'Endangers Jews Sense Of Security'
The court ruled the memorial's duty to preserve its purpose outweighs individual expression, citing concerns about the keffiyeh's association with efforts to undermine Israel.
- On Wednesday, the higher administrative court in Thuringia ruled the Buchenwald concentration camp memorial near Weimar may refuse entry to a woman wearing the Palestinian keffiyeh, finding the memorial's purpose outweighed her freedom of expression.
- Last month a leaked internal document described the keffiyeh as `closely associated with efforts to destroy the state of Israel`, after the woman was turned away at an April 80th anniversary commemorative event.
- Around 340,000 prisoners passed through Buchenwald and Mittelbau-Dora near Weimar, with around 56,000 dying at Buchenwald.
- Jens-Christian Wagner told NDR last month that the keffiyeh is not per se `a forbidden symbol`, but the court justified denying entry, citing the visitor's political aim and risks to Jewish visitors' security.
- The court's Wednesday ruling highlights how memorials now face challenges balancing Germany's responsibility for the Holocaust and Jews' security amid political debates involving six million victims.
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German Court Prohibits Keffiyeh At Buchenwald: 'Endangers Jews Sense Of Security'
NEW YORK (VINnews) — A German court ruled on Wednesday that a Nazi concentration camp memorial has the right to refuse entry to those wearing the Palestinian keffiyeh scarf. The higher administrative court in the eastern state of Thuringia rejected a request from a woman to be allowed entry to the Buchenwald concentration camp memorial […]
This decision follows the complaint of a visitor who intended to protest against the current Israeli policy in the camp by wearing a keffieh. The Weimar court rejected the visitor's appeal against a first-instance decision.
German court upholds Buchenwald keffiyeh ban
A German court has ruled that the Buchenwald concentration camp memorial may refuse entry to visitors wearing Palestinian keffiyehs, backing the site’s right to restrict political symbols on its grounds. The case was triggered when a woman was denied access to the memorial while wearing the black-and-white patterned scarf, widely recognised as a marker of Palestinian identity. Source
A German court has examined the case of a visitor to the German concentration camp in Buchenwald. It considers that the keffieh, which it had, can be political and that it can be banned. - The wearing of the keffieh can be prohibited to enter the camp in Buchenwald (International).
Al Arabiya
Insider PaperGerman court rules Holocaust memorial can bar people wearing keffiyehs
The Weimar court ruled in favour of the director of the Buchenwald memorial. He had banned the entry of a keffieh woman with the aim of "promising a political message, which could relativize Nazi crimes".
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