Musician Sebastian Krumbiegel is committed to fighting right-wing extremism. Before a reading he received threats. The Prinzen frontman still didn’t want to cancel his appearance.
Before a reading by Prinzen frontman Sebastian Krumbiegel planned in Greifswald in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, he was seriously threatened. “We received nasty comments on social media that were directed against Sebastian. There should probably also be a demonstration in front of our house,” said organizer Susanne Putzar-Vandamme from the “Boddenhus” activity center in Greifswald to the German Press Agency. Krumbiegel is committed to fighting right-wing extremism.
Since there is also an assisted living facility attached to the center, the management wanted to cancel the event planned for Friday (November 17th). “We also have a duty of care for the residents.” However, he resisted this, said Krumbiegel, who comes from Leipzig. He doesn’t want to let “some mob” dictate when and where he performs. “It was important for me not to let myself be driven away.” He had repeatedly received threats in the past, said Krumbiegel. “Now the debate was about whether the event had to be canceled. That’s a whole new dimension.”
After learning of the threats, some buyers returned their tickets, Putzar-Vandamme said. The situation has now calmed down again and the reading can take place as planned. Tickets are currently being sold again.
Support from Claudia Roth
It is alarming and should not be accepted that a committed artist like Krumbiegel should be prevented from performing in Greifswald with threats and intimidation and that the organizers there are therefore very worried, said Minister of State for Culture Claudia Roth in Berlin.
“I expressly support Sebastian Krumbiegel in his decision to go there right now and hold his musical reading,” the Green politician told the German Press Agency. The politician expects that the security authorities in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania will ensure the protection of the event. “It must not happen in our country that right-wing extremist forces want to determine where which form of culture takes place.”
One day after the reading in Greifswald, Krumbiegel also wants to set an example against the right with a concert in Schleusingen, Thuringia, in the Hildburghausen district. A right-wing extremist event is scheduled to take place there on Saturday (November 18th).
Source: Stern
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