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Berlin, October 21, 2020 – Attack on Berlin museums, shocking news for art lovers around the world. At least 70 works of art and antiques were damaged.
The event dates back to October 3 – anniversary of the reunification of the two Germanies – the the authors are unknown, the police and museums have been silent until now. The first news leaked on Tuesday night: Deutschlandfunk (DLF) and “Die Zeit” made public what until now had been kept secret. “One or more unknown perpetrators sprayed at least 70 objects in the visible oily liquid Pergamon Museum, at the Neues Museum, at the Alte Nationalgalerie and elsewhere, leaving marks on Egyptian sarcophagi, stone sculptures and paintings from the 19th century.Under indictment are, incredibly, conspiratorial circles and Covid deniers: the German newspaper always talks about the suspected guilty, the ideologue of the conspiracy Attila Hildmann, 39 years.
Time, who first reported the news, speaks of “one of the largest attacks on works of art and antiquities in the history of postwar Germany.” And he highlights: “For more than two weeks, neither the public nor other museums that could be at risk have been informed.”
Attila the denier covid
According to the BBC, Attila Hindmann would have spread Conspiracy theories about the Covid-19 pandemic and allegedly also claimed that one of the five museums, the Pergamon, houses the ‘Throne of Satan’, An exhibition referred to by Saint John in the Apocalypse when he addresses the church of Pergamum, whose famous Altar dedicated to Zeus and Athena, erected by King Eumenes II in the 2nd century BC to celebrate Attalus’ victory over the Galatians , is one of the main attractions of the Pergamon Museum.
According to Hindmann, the museum was the center of the “global coronavirus crime and satanist scene.” Attila’s unlikely accusation was: “Here they make their human sacrifices at night and rape the children!”
Pergamum was an ancient Greek city in Asia Minor, in present-day Turkey, and in the middle of the 19th century, during works on the Turkish road network, the German engineer Carl Humann found some decorative and architectural elements of the monument. After a thorough excavation campaign, in 1878 the Altar was dismantled, transported to Berlin and reassembled where it is currently visible in the Paergamon Museum.
Among the objects hit, Egyptian sarcophagi, stone sculptures and paintings from the 19th century.. The substance used left visible marks. The ambush took place on the anniversary day of German reunification and, according to the Tagesspiegel, all visitors registered that day were tracked down by Land investigators, so they could contribute to the investigation.
17 days of silence
The Berlin State Criminal Police released details of the attack last night, 17 days after the attack. The reason for the initial secrecy is unclear and the story was only confirmed after ‘Die Zeit’ magazine and ‘Deutschlandfunk’ radio contacted the police. Other museums were also not informed of the possible risk. Police told the Der Tagesspiegel website that they had been investigating the attack for some time “but for strategic reasons we have not released the story.”
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