In Dresden, the police are investigating the unauthorized installation of a “commemorative plaque” for victims of the bombing of the city on February 13th and 14th, 1945 on the Altmarkt. A police spokesman told MDR SACHSEN that the officers had seized the board as evidence. It will be examined whether attaching a memorial plaque to a stone bench constitutes damage to property.
The right-wing populist online magazine “Compact”, which, according to the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, is… classified as “certain extremist”. had complained about the destruction of the memorial plaque. According to this, “activists of the Identitarian Movement” had placed an inscription where the city had previously removed an inscription commemorating the victims of the bombing. The city’s actions led to a heated discussion within the citizens and the city administration last week.
The right-wing extremists’ makeshift memorial plaque is said to have had the following inscription: “This is a place of warning, remembrance and commemoration. The bodies of thousands of victims of the air raids on February 13th and 14th, 1945 were burned here.”