Mick Hartley

Roger Waters on tour:

Wow, this is @rogerwaters imitating a Nazi, while at a concert in … Berlin. This is just unhinged Jew hatred and Holocaust distortion. The man is vile beyond words. pic.twitter.com/zn1EvudSXc

— Arsen Ostrovsky (@Ostrov_A) May 25, 2023

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From Jewish News:

Former Pink Floyd star Roger Waters has been accused of a “new low” after using graphics on his current tour that compare the death of Palestinian Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh with that of Anne Frank, the Jewish girl diarist who died in the Belsen Nazi death camp.

In a stunt that appeared to link the actions of Israeli forces with those of Hitler’s Nazis, giant images of both females names were beamed onto the stage during Waters current concert tour in Germany, with the claim that Abu Akley had been shot for the “crime” of being Palestinian.

The graphics also state that Frank, known worldwide for her powerful diary written between 1942 and 1944, was punished with death for the “crime” of being Jewish.

Jewish Leadership Council co-chief executive Claudia Mendoza tweeted in response to the images: “I didn’t think it was possible but this is a new low for Roger Waters.”

The Community Security Trust’s Dave Rich added:”Appropriating the memory of Anne Frank to make an anti-Israel point is antisemitic. I shudder at the thought of this grotesque display being shown in British arenas when his tour comes here. ”

After the graphics were used during Waters gig in Berlin, the Israel foreign ministry platform on Twitter also wrote:”Good morning to every one but Roger Waters who spent the evening in Berlin (Yes Berlin) desecrating the memory of Anne Frank and the 6 million Jews murdered in the Holocaust.”

Next stop, Frankfurt:

Last month Waters  won his legal battle to perform a concert in Frankfurt after attempts to ban the event amid accusations of antisemitism.

Magistrates acting on behalf of the German city had instructed the venue two months ago to cancel the concert on 28 May, accusing Waters of being “one of the most widely known antisemites in the world”. 
Waters, who has always denied accusations of antisemitism, took legal action against the decision.

The legal action noted the location of the Frankfurt gig at  the Festhalle, in which, during the November pogroms of 1938, more than 3,000 Jewish men from Frankfurt and surrounding areas were rounded up, abused and later deported to concentration camps where many of them were murdered.

Now Berlin police have opened a criminal investigation:

Police chief inspector Martin Halweg said: “The State Security Department at the Berlin State Criminal Police Office has initiated a criminal investigation procedure regarding the suspicion of incitement of the people (140 Paragraph 4 of the German criminal Code).

“The context of the clothing worn is deemed capable of approving, glorifying or justifying the violent and arbitrary rule of the Nazi regime in a manner that violates the dignity of the victims and thereby disrupts public peace. After the conclusion of the investigation, the case will be forwarded to the Berlin Public Prosecutor’s Office for legal assessment,” the police chief added.

It's true, Waters does make a very plausible Nazi.