Storm in Germany: a display consisting of ashes and bones from extermination and concentration camps presented to Parliament in Berlin • Established in protest against collaboration with right-wing party "Alternative to Germany"

• Exhibition made up of bones from the victims of the Nazi regime // Photo: Center for Political Beauty

New political display provokes a stir in Germany: The "Center for Political Beauty" set up in front of the Reichstag building in Berlin, the residence of the Lower House of Representatives in Germany, a performance called "The Monument to the Treason of Democracy". According to the founders of the exhibition, it consists of the ashes and bones of the Nazis murdered by the Nazis in various concentration and extermination camps, including Auschwitz-Birkenau, collected from nearby camp sites by members of the organization.

The performance was established as a protest against voices heard by conservative parties in Germany calling for a halt to the boycott of the right-wing nationalist party "Alternative to Germany" and to consider cooperation with it. The "Alternative to Germany" party, which was formed about six years ago and became the last general election in the Bundestag's third largest party, is accused by its political rivals of providing a neo-Nazi framework for action.

The organization's initiative, which brings together artisans working to evoke political awareness through provocative displays, is provoking tremendous outrage in the country, and a complaint has already been filed with the police in its case.

The performance in front of the Reichstag building // Photo: Political Beauty Center

"The center brought the ashes of the victims of Nazi Germany to the center of power in Berlin," the artist's website says, "The dead are where democracy was defeated in 1933. Where conservatism has placed democracy in the hands of the murderers. To date, no monument commemorates this. Reach out to fascists again. We forgot to mention the place of betrayal in parliamentary democracy. The gates (which are part of the performance) remind conservatives of their guilt. "

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Polker Beck, a former Bundestag member of the Green Party, filed a complaint with the police against the performance. "If it is a victim's ashes, it is a violation of the dignity of the dead," Beck stated. "It may be a false allegation of using the victims' ashes, then it is a senseless and honorable artistic act. Only a police investigation will make it possible if illegal victims are also used. The Nazis. "

The organizers launched a fundraising campaign to turn the exhibit into a permanent monument in front of the Reichstag building. Currently, the show is due to be completed this Friday. At the same time, the artists are also calling for a huge demonstration against "cooperation with fascism" this coming Saturday.