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The public was not informed for more than two weeks: according to a report by “Zeit” and Deutschlandfunk, dozens of exhibits were damaged by strangers on Berlin’s Museum Island. According to “Zeit” it is “one of the most extensive attacks on works of art and antiquity in the history of post-war Germany.”
One or more unknown perpetrators had at least 70 objects in the Pergamon Museum, the New Museum, the Old National Gallery and other places with an oily liquid, according to the report. These include Egyptian sarcophagi, stone sculptures, and paintings from the 19th century. The liquid should have left visible stains. The incidents are said to have already occurred on October 3, the day of German unity, and have yet to be made public.
At the request of “Zeit” and Deutschlandfunk, the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation and the Berlin police confirmed that there was damage to the exhibits, according to the report. A preliminary investigation into property damage has been launched. Initially, nothing was known about the motives of the perpetrator or perpetrators.
According to the “Tagesspiegel”, visitors who had booked museum tickets for October 3 were sent in writing by the State Criminal Police Office (LKA) and asked for their help urgently.
Attila Hildmann spoke of the “throne of Satan”
Police did not provide any information to the German Press Agency on Tuesday evening. The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation could not be reached overnight for a statement.
“Zeit” and Deutschlandfunk reported that conspiratorial ideologue Attila Hildmann broadcast on his public Telegram channel in August and September that the Pergamon Museum was the “Throne of Satan” and that it was the center of the “global Satanist scene and the criminals of the crown”. to be. It is not known if these statements have anything to do with the damage to the exhibits.
Berlin’s Museum Island has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1999. At the beginning of October, the Pergamon Museum celebrated its 90th anniversary. It is named after its most famous attraction, the Pergamon Altar. It dates back to the 2nd century BC and belonged to the residence of the powerful Pergamon kings, who created a cultural metropolis based on the model of Athens in the west of what is now Turkey.
As one of the few museums in Germany, the Pergamon attracts more than a million people each year, when fully open. Between two arms of the Spree, the group consisting of the Altes Museum, Bode-Museum, Alter Nationalgalerie, Neues Museum with the famous bust of the Egyptian Pharaoh of Nefertiti and the James-Simon-Galerie as the newest building attracted almost 3.1 million of people.
