Antisemitism controversy, Lalique museum heist, Berlin US jubilee critique, bunker debate

A performance titled 'Walking the Gaza Monologues' was removed from Berlin's '48 Stunden Neukölln' festival after antisemitism accusations. The audio walk would have followed Stolpersteine memorials, drawing criticism from Werteinitiative chair Elio Adler, who called it a 'calculated boundary violation' equating the Holocaust with the Gaza war. Festival organizers cited failure to grasp the 'full content implications' and pledged stricter review. Critics allege censorship. Meanwhile, thieves stole around 20 historic jewelry pieces by René Lalique from the Lalique Museum in Wingen-sur-Moder, France, causing damages up to €4 million. The heist occurred early Sunday morning; masked intruders smashed entry doors and six display cases, escaping in 11 minutes despite an alarm. The museum, opened in 2011 and housing 650 works, had been classified as sensitive after the Louvre theft in October 2025. Mayor Christian Dorschner noted security response delays. In the FAZ, Andreas Kilb criticized Berlin's State Museums' program for the 250th US independence anniversary as timid and fragmented, lacking a major survey exhibition. He blamed Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz president Marion Ackermann for a 'watering can' approach. In the SZ, Peter Richter argued against demolishing the last remains of Hitler's New Reich Chancellery bunker for housing, asserting Berlin owes visitors a visible remnant of Nazi power, citing successful examples like the Topography of Terror.