Christians Hurt by Theatre Performance in Former Church Building

Case information
Incident date
Country
Germany
Categories
  • Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against
  • Faith
Societal Sphere
  • Arts
Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
  • Intolerance towards Religious Symbols

Local Christians reported to the Observatory that they felt offended by a play with the title, “Empathy to the Devil” which was performed in a secularised church in the south of Germany. The poster of the event featured a silhouette of the devil. Earlier productions from the same theatre-group have shown a big red cross being used as a hat stand on stage.

Private source known to Observatory. On the performances:
http://www.empathytothedevil.de/
http://mfu-art.de/buehnenbild.html
http://www.arts-traunstein.de/pages/ein-verein-stellt-sich-vor.php