Outrage around Udo Lindenberg: Oberindianer remains silent in the Humboldt Forum!

Outrage around Udo Lindenberg: Oberindianer remains silent in the Humboldt Forum!

Humboldt-Forum, Berlin, Deutschland - A storm of indignation brews itself over Berlin! In the Humboldt Forum, where 130 choir singers celebrate a festival, the legendary song "Special train to Pankow" by Udo Lindenberg is performed. But stop! A word causes excitement: "Oberindianer". This word, which Erich Honecker denotes, is not sung because it is perceived as discriminatory. Instead, it should be replaced by a harmless "upper" with a long "i". The waves hit up!

The reactions are explosive! The Bild newspaper speaks of "Language Police" and "censorship", while Bundestag Vice President Wolfgang Kubicki (FDP) does not sing as a "cultural" brand market. Hubertus Knabe, former head of the Stasi memorial, sees the Humboldt Forum on the way to the "left-wing radical sect". The debate about cultural sensitivity and the limits of art flamed up again and the minds are heated. What was once considered a harmless song is now becoming the bone of the nation!

The return of the Indian debate

Two years ago it was already being discussed with heated whether White as Apache or Mohikaner could dress up. At that time the discussion seemed to be flattened, but now it is back! The decision to repay the word "Oberindianer" from the song has excited the mind and raised the question: Where do we draw the border between respect and censorship? Udo Lindenberg himself remains still on this topic, while the controversy around his song puts the media and the public in turmoil.