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German Court Backs Buchenwald Memorial's Right to Bar Keffiyeh Worn as Political Protest
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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Buchenwald Concentration Camp Memorial Can Ban Visitors From Wearing Keffiyehs, Judge Rules
A German court has ruled that the Buchenwald concentration camp memorial may lawfully bar visitors from wearing the Palestinian keffiyeh at commemorative events, upholding the site’s right to restrict political displays on its grounds. The Higher Administrative Court of Thuringia issued the decision Wednesday after a woman challenged her exclusion from an April ceremony marking […]
The memorial in the east of Germany may refuse entry to persons wearing a Palestinian scarf, decided Wednesday, 20 August, at the Weimar Court. A woman had filed an appeal to carry this accessory in the compound of the site.
German court rules Holocaust memorial can ban keffiyeh wearers
A German court said 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 while wearing a keffiyeh. According to local media reports, the woman was turned away when she attempted to attend a commemorative event…
Report: Germany rules visitors to concentration camp can be barred for wearing keffiyeh
A German court ruled that a visitor could be blocked from entering the Buchenwald concentration camp if they were wearing a keffiyeh, after a woman filed a lawsuit for being turned away for this reason, the Guardian reported
Buchenwald concentration camp can bar visitors wearing keffiyeh, German court rules
German court upholds Buchenwald concentration camp memorial’s right to deny entry to visitors wearing keffiyehs, ruling garment endangers sense of security of many Jews visiting the site
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