Former Pink Floyd founder Roger Waters claimed that attacks against his performance while wearing an SS uniform are “disingenuous and politically motivated.'
"My recent performance in Berlin has attracted bad faith attacks from those who want to smear and silence me because they disagree with my political views and moral principles," Waters wrote in a Twitter post.
During the concert, large screens also displayed the names of victims presumed to have been killed by state actors, including George Floyd and anti-Nazi activist Sophie Scholl. The display became controversial after Holocaust victim Anne Frank’s name came after Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh.
BACKLASH AGAINST ROGER WATERS FOR ANTISEMITISM CONTINUES, INCLUDING CALLS FOR PROSECUTION AMONG JEWISH GROUPS"I have spent my entire life speaking out against authoritarianism and oppression wherever I see it," Waters said."When I was a child after the war, the name of Anne Frank was often spoken in our house, she became a permanent reminder of what happens when fascism is left unchecked. My parents fought the Nazis in World War II, with my father paying the ultimate price.
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