(ANSA) - BERLIN, AUGUST 05 - The passage of the German cycling tour on August 27 next to the concentration camp of Buchenwald, a few kilometers from Weimar, leaves the director of the camp memorial Jens-Christian Wagner and the president of the Central Jewish Council Josef Schuster speechless . "The event takes place along the 'blood road' passing in front of the mass graves and the memorial" said Wagner, adding that a little common sense is enough to understand that it was not the right place for a sporting event.
The "blood road" is a 5-kilometer stretch of road that connects the state road with the concentration camp. "In planning the route, both the managers of the city of Weimar and the organizers have lacked sensitivity to history," said Schuster, who with the Council is moving to change the organization.
For now, the talks with the tour organizers have led to the cancellation of the stop in the memorial parking lot. The fact "that this year the stage passes next to the memorial" refers to the choice of "presenting the many different faces of the Federal Republic, from a naturalistic, cultural and historical point of view", explain the organizers of the event. The tour, which takes place from 26 to 29 August from the Baltic coast of the town of Stralsund in Nuremberg, Bavaria, includes two stages in Weimar and 22 international teams will take part.
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