The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in Berlin in 2007
Photo: MARKUS SCHREIBER/AP
A man was arrested on Sunday after damaging steles at the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in Berlin.
According to initial findings, the police said the 47-year-old scratched the surface of two memorial columns with spikes on the soles of his shoes.
The state security agency is now investigating him on suspicion of damaging property that is harmful to the public.
According to the information, two property guards at the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe on Cora-Berliner-Straße observed the suspect during the alleged crime and informed the police.
Emergency services then arrested the accused.
The Holocaust Memorial is a field of around 2,700 concrete steles near the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin and was opened in 2005.
It is the central German place of remembrance of the genocide against European Jews unleashed by the National Socialists, to which around six million people fell victim.
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