Bremen Cathedral Tagged with Hammer & Sickle; "Anti-Imperialism" Graffiti
Case information
Incident date
Country
Germany
Place
Bremen
Categories
Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against
Faith
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
Anti-Religion or Humanism Groups
Political
Radical Left
Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
Vandalism (all)
Vandalism of Church
Place of Incident
Church
Bias Indicators
Comments/Written Statements/Gestures/Graffiti
Significance of Property/Structure/Location to religious community
Reported to Police
Yes
Response of Local Authorities
Investigated
During the night of October 4th, unknown vandals sprayed "Tot dem deutschen Imperialismus" (Death to German imperialism") and a hammer and sickle symbol in red paint on the Bremen Cathedral. The Otto von Bismarck monument was also hit with red tags. Bremen police began an investigation.
