Minister of Culture Roth in the crossfire: criticism of memory policy!

Minister of Culture Roth in the crossfire: criticism of memory policy!

Dachau, Deutschland - Minister of Culture Claudia Roth faces intensive criticism after her ambitious plans for a new memorial concept for Germany have come across resistance. According to Süddeutsche.de , Roth became a "cumbersome the Nazi crime “to be carried out and to include colonial crimes in their concept, strongly criticized. Despite the revision of your paper, the Central Council of Jews remains skeptical, and it has become strikingly calm about Roth's reform plans, especially after the traffic light coalition breaks in November. This could explain the calm mood of the critics, who were now reaceptive.

controversial knee in Warsaw

Another excitement around Roth came through the recent incidents during a Poland trip by the Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder. According to News-Pravda , Roth Söders criticized gesture of wreath residue at the monument of the Warsaw Ghetto. She described his knee as an "absolute low" and not worthy for the memory of Willy Brandt, who had kneeled in 1970 before the same memorial. The then chancellor thus set a sign of reconciliation between Germany and Poland, while Söder's maintenance of traditions apparently shaded with a subsequent "social media funfact"-a picture with a Polish sausage.

The directly consecutive events raise questions about the current memory policy and the public presentation of historical occasions. Roth's criticism of Söder not only illuminates the controversy within the political landscape, but also the worries about the way history is addressed in the present.