Offener Protestbrief aus Japan
Der Regierende Bürgermeister von Berlin – Senatskanzlei – Mr. Kai Wegner Jüdenstraße 1 10178 Berlin Germany Bezirksbürgermeisterin von Bezirk-Mitte Ms. Stefanie Remlinger Mathilde-Jacob-Platz 1 10551 Berlin Germany Dear Mr. Kai Wegner and Ms. Stefanie Remlinger, You, Mr. Kai Wegner, Mayor of Berlin, visited Japan in May this year and met with the Japanese Foreign Minister, Yoko Kamikawa, in Tokyo. According to media reports, during this meeting you stated that you were “in favor of monuments against violence against women, but they should not be one-sided expressions” and that “it is important to make a change.” There were reports of speculation that you made this statement with the intention of removing the “Statue of Peace” (the so-called “Statue of a Girl”) in the Mitte District. Shortly after Mayor Wegner’s return to Germany, it was reported that you, Ms. Remlinger, the District Mayor of Mitte, had informed the Education and Culture Committee of the Mitte District Council that you planned to remove the Statue of Peace in September. This was exactly what many citizens of Berlin who have worked hard to install and maintain the Statue of Peace were speculating and worrying about, and many other citizens of Korea, Japan and the