BERLIN (AP) 鈥� Israel's ambassador in Berlin has slammed a member of the far-right Alternative for Germany party for appearing to dance on the country's Holocaust memorial.
Ambassador Ron Prosor said tweeted Tuesday that far-right politician Holger Winterstein had brought 鈥渟hame upon himself and his party.鈥�
A picture posted on social media showed Winterstein posing with outstretched arms on one of the stone slabs that form the memorial in Berlin for the more than 6 million Jews murdered by the Nazis in the Holocaust.
German media reported that the picture was taken after a protest organized Saturday by Alternative for Germany.
The party, known by its German acronym AfD, said it would take action against Winterstein over his 鈥渆xtremely disrespectful behavior.鈥�
Winterstein is a county representative in Thuringia.
The party's leader in the state, , in 2018 called the Holocaust memorial a 鈥渕onument of shame鈥� and called for Germany to perform a 鈥�180-degree turn鈥� when it comes to the way it remembers its past. A party tribunal at the time rejected a bid to have him expelled.
The Associated Press
