Anti-Religious Graffiti Appears on Church Wall in Göttingen

Country: Germany

Date of incident: April 5, 2025


Anti-religious graffiti was sprayed on a church in Göttingen, targeting the building with an ideological message about religion.

As reported on 5 April 2025, the incident involved graffiti on the St. Albani Church, where a quote attributed to Karl Marx describing religion as “the opium of the people” was painted on the church wall.

The graffiti constitutes an explicitly anti-religious message placed on a church building.

Source: Göttinger Tageblatt