While performing the song “In the Flesh?” in Berlin, Roger Waters dressed up in a costume that resembled a Nazi SS uniform. Martin Halweg, a spokesman for the German police, said that they were investigating Waters on “suspicion of incitement to public hatred” under German laws against antisemitism and promoting Nazi imagery.
This caused protests over Waters’ shows in Munich and Frankfurt. His concert in Frankfurt was particularly controversial because it took place at Festhalle, a venue where German Jews were sent during the November pogrom in 1938. The mayor of Frankfurt attempted to cancel the show, but a court ruled in favor of Waters, allowing him to perform.
During the concert, a man ran on stage with an Israeli flag. Afterward, Waters stated that he would not wear his costume out of respect “for the people who are concerned about desecration of this place.”
