News From Berlin and Germany, 19 August 2026
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In the middle of the municipal campaign, the Berlin scene set up a swimming pool in front of its parvis, financed by its budget partly made up of public subsidies. The far right immediately denounced its action.
The Berliner Volksbühne informs: After the outcry that the theatre wanted to open its temporary outdoor pool an afternoon only for people with black skin colour, there is now to be a satisfactory alternative for all sides.
After the racism scandal in Berlin "Volksbad" in front of the Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, a donation campaign in favour of the association EOTO e. V. ... The post "Volksbad" only for blacks: Donation call for anti-racism NGO brings 80,000 euros in three days appeared first on Apollo News.
The cancelled swimming pool at the Berliner Volksbühne is causing controversy. Harald Martenstein draws historical comparisons and criticizes "left racism".
News from Berlin and Germany, 19 August 2026
News from Berlin Temporary swimming pool at Volksbühne reopened The temporary swimming pool in front of Berlin’s Volksbühne has reopened following a closure due to the cancellation of an event involving an association from the Black community. Before that, the “Volksbad” had been closed because of faulty showers prevented swimming operations. Subsequently, the Volksbühne and the association “Each One Teach One” cancelled an event scheduled for A…
Berlin, 18 August 2026. The African-migrant NGO Each One Teach One (EOTO) e.V. intended to open the temporarily installed "Volksbad" in front of the Berliner Volksbühne, which should be accessible to everyone free of charge and without any controls, exclusively for black people. There followed a public outcry and a rejection. The association, which regularly offers activities according to racial criteria exclusively for black people, is extensiv…
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