In February, town of Frankfurt in Germany canceled an upcoming Roger Waters live performance, citing “persistent anti-Israel behavior” from “one of the most widely spread anti-Semites in the world.” Today, the controversial former Pink Floyd singer has introduced that he’s “coming anyway” in an Instagram publish.
On Instagram, Waters posted a photograph of Sophie Scholl’s gravesite (Scholl was a German pupil and anti-Nazi political activist who was beheaded through guillotine in 1943 after being convicted of excessive treason for distributing anti-war leaflets on the University Of Munich) and a caption declaring, “WE REMEMBER KRISTALLNACHT! LIKE SOPHIE SCHOLL OUR FATHERS STOOD WITH THOSE THREE THOUSAND JEWISH MEN, AND TODAY WE STAND WITH THE PALESTINIANS!”
Waters’ publish additionally signifies that he filed an injunction in opposition to Frankfurt however has not gotten a response. See the complete caption under.
ROGER WATERS FRANKFURT SHOW UPDATE
FRANKFURT COUNCIL WERE LEGALLY REQUIRED
TO RESPOND TO ROGER WATERS INTERIM INJUNCTION
BY MIDNIGHT APRIL 14
DID THEY?
NOBODY KNOWS?
WE CAN ONLY GUESS AT
WHAT’S GOING ON IN FRANKFURT?
ARE THEY PLAYING FOR TIME?
WHO KNOWS?NOT THAT IT MATTERS MUCH!
WE’RE COMING ANYWAY!
BECAUSE HUMAN RIGHTS MATTER!
BECAUSE FREE SPEECH MATTERS!
YES! FRANKFURT CITY COUNCIL
WE REMEMBER KRISTALLNACHT!
LIKE SOPHIE SCHOLL
OUR FATHERS STOOD
WITH THOSE THREE THOUSAND JEWISH MEN
AND TODAY WE STAND WITH THE PALESTINIANS!
WE’RE COMING TO FRANKFURT
ON THE 28TH OF MAY!LOVE
R.