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More than 60 artefacts at Berlin museums damaged with mysterious stain

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October 21, 2020
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A large number of artworks and artifacts at some of Berlin”s best-known museums were damaged earlier this month by unknown perpetrators.

The “numerous works” on the city’s Museum Island were “attacked” between 10:00 and 18:00 on 3 October, German police said in a statement.

Authorities say the artworks were smeared with a liquid and were unable to estimate how much damage had been caused.

In all, 63 works at the Pergamon Museum, the Alte Nationalgalerie and the Neues Museum were affected, said Christina Haak, deputy director of Berlin’s state museums.

There was no thematic link between the targeted works, and “no pattern is discernible” to the perpetrator’s approach, Haak added.

The damage is believed to have taken place on the same day that Germany marked the 30th anniversary of its reunification.

The responsible commissioner for art offenses at the Berlin State Office of Criminal Investigation has taken over the investigation, and police are appealing for witnesses.

Officials say they had decided not to go public about the incident at first to avoid jeopardising the investigation, in an agreement with the Foundation of Prussian Cultural Heritage (SPK).

The SPK said in a statement that most damaged objects are located in the Neues Museum and Pergamonmuseum, including “stone and wood sculptures”. Officials say the works affected did not include any paintings.

“The perpetrators acted very covertly and apparently took advantage of moments when the supervisory staff and other visitors were unable to observe the proceedings,” the foundation said.

The amount of liquid sprayed on the artifacts in each case was “small”, and the SPK said that in many cases it was possible to clean up the contamination quickly.

“The National Museums in Berlin are dismayed by this act of vandalism and condemn it in the strongest terms”, said the statement.

The story of damage to numerous artifacts was first reported on Tuesday by German weekly and Die Zeit and Deutschlandfunk radio, who say that at least 70 objects had been sprayed with an oily liquid.

German media have linked the damage to high-profile conspiracy theorists, who have rallied against COVID-19 restrictions in recent months on social media.

Germany’s culture minister, Monika Gruetters, also strongly condemned the damage to the artworks and said she had been informed of the vandalism on October 6.

“It has to be clarified how this damage could go unnoticed and how such attacks can be prevented in the future,” Gruetters said in a statement on Twitter.

Berlin’s Museum Island complex, a UNESCO world heritage site in the heart of the German capital that is one of the city’s main tourist attractions.





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