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Theatre directors and pianists receive death threats, the audience has to leave a Berlin revue theatre because of a bomb warning, in Zwickau skins march in front of a gallery, in Stuttgart AfD MPs demand an overview of theatre employees with a migration background. Right-wing politicians hurl vile insults and appeal to popular sensibilities. None of this is an isolated case.
Journalist Peter Laudenbach has documented over a hundred right-wing attacks on artistic freedom. What patterns can be observed? What functions and consequences do the targeted threats of violence have in right-wing escalation strategies? What makes theatre and art installations attractive targets?
The attack on artistic freedom is an attack on open, liberal society. The aim is to mark enemy images, stir up aggression and polarise society. With clever and solidary actions, countless people from art and culture are standing up to it.