On Friday night, a work of art was destroyed in Menzelstrasse, that draws attention to the attempted murder of a Kassel taxi driver at the end of June. It is a billboard, which reads “A city is beautiful then, when there are no racists here!and shows photos from a demonstration, in which solidarity was expressed with the victim of the attack. She was only on Tuesday, 21. July 2020, was installed as part of the tour of the art college. Now unknown people have removed the word “racists” from the lettering and others, like “Kassel Nazi-free” and “Find the perpetrator”, made unrecognizable. In addition, information was blacked out, which indicate a fundraising campaign to support the taxi driver, who was first insulted as a “shitty foreigner” by a passenger at the end of July and then seriously injured with a knife.
A student, who helped design the billboard, said to the press office, She sees this as “a clear indication” of this, that it was a politically motivated destruction of the billboard. The action should be understood in line with the recent right-wing acts of violence in Kassel. The art college management is considering possible legal action against the unknown perpetrators.