Dark Side of the Loon: Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters sparks outrage after dressing as a Nazi SS officer in Berlin and comparing a dead Al Jazeera journalist to Holocaust victim Anne Frank
- Roger Waters, 79, donned a costume featuring the crossed hammer imagery that the fictitious neo-Nazi organization wore in the 1982 film Pink Floyd: The Wall
- He also displayed the names of dead figures including Anne Frank next to Abu Akleh, an Al Jazeera journalist who was fatally shot last year
- Still, the rocker has denied that he is anti-Semitic
Pink Floyd bassist Roger Waters has once again sparked outrage after he dressed up as a Nazi SS officer during a performance in Berlin and compared a deceased Al Jazeera journalist to Holocaust victim Anne Frank.
When he performed at the Mercedes-Benz Arena last week, Waters, 79, donned a costume reminiscent of those used by Nazi officers with a red arm band and crossed hammers on a leather jacket collar — the same imagery that a fictitious neo-Nazi organization wore in the 1982 film Pink Floyd: The Wall.
Hanging above him at the concert were Third Reich-style banners, but with the swastikas switched out for the crossed hammers, while an inflatable pig was emblazoned with the logo of an Israeli armaments firm.
And a screen behind him displayed the names of dead figures, including Anne Frank next to Abu Akleh, an Al Jazeera journalist who was fatally shot last year while covering an Israeli Defense Forces raid on a Palestinian refugee camp.
The country’s Orthodox Jewish rabbinical association is now calling for a ban on Waters performing in Germany — but the rocker continues to deny he is anti-Semitic and is only speaking out against Israeli politics.
Roger Waters, 79, dressed up as a Nazi SS officer when he performed in Berlin last week
An inflatable pig was emblazoned with the logo of an Israeli armaments firm and Jewish stars
He compared Anne Frank to Abu Akleh, an Al Jazeera journalist who was fatally shot last year while covering an Israeli Defense Forces raid on a Palestinian refugee camp
Throughout his performance, Waters tried to draw comparisons between Nazi Germany and present day Israel as he doubles down on his criticism of the country’s treatment of Palestinians.
He began the performance with an announcement on screen reading: ‘On a matter of public interest: a court in Frankfurt has ruled I am not an anti-Semite.
‘Just to be clear, I condemn anti-Semitism unreservedly.’
The remarks came after Waters successfully appealed a court order to ban a concert in the German city, which had called him ‘one of the most widely spread anti-Semites in the world.’
His concert in Frankfurt is now scheduled for Sunday.
But Waters then told fans in another message on screen that if they do not agree with his views they can ‘f*** off to the bar right now,’ according to Bell Tower News reporter Nicholas Potter, who observed the spectacle last week.
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