Pink Floyd star angers fans with vile Nazi-like uniform at Germany concert
Pink Floyd's co-founder, singer and bassist Roger Waters angered fans after wearing a Nazi-like SS officer uniform during a gig in Berlin, Germany.
The 79-year-old wore a similar outfit to Nazi SS officers and had on a red armband as well as crossed hammers on his collar.
The crossed hammers and the uniform were the same imagery used by a fictitious neo-Nazi organisation in the 1982 movie Pink Floyd: The Wall.
In the original film, the main protagonist (voiced by Roger) loses his mind and starts seeing himself as a fascist dictator.
The character, called Pink, wears a similar costume to what Roger wore at the concert at the Mercedez-Benz Arena.
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Roger Waters appeared to wear a Nazi-like SS officer uniform on stage (Twitter/@Israel)Hanging above the crowd was an inflatable pig emblazoned with the logo of an Israeli armaments firm as well as the Star of David.
The giant screen also displayed the names of dead figures, including Anne Frank next to Al Jazeera journalist Abu Akleh - who was killed while covering an Israeli Defense Forces raid in a Palestinian camp.
It was reported that Germany’s Orthodox Jewish rabbinical association called for Roger to be barred from performing in the country.
People on Twitter were left in utter disgust and rushed to call the musician out on the imagery.
"This is vile and stomach-turning," one person said.
The imagery and uniform were reminiscent of the ones used in 1982 movie Pink Floyd: The Wall (Mgm/Ua/Kobal/REX/Shutterstock)Israel's official page tweeted: "Good morning to everyone but Roger Waters who spent the evening in Berlin (Yes Berlin) desecrating the memory of Anne Frank and the 6 million Jews murdered in the Holocaust."
"Still using the Holocaust to make money? Tut tut," another user questioned.
Some people attempted to explain his imagery and said: "It's a show based on his anti-war movie THE WALL. Please educate yourself."
Fans were shocked by the 'vile' performance (Corbis via Getty Images)
The giant screen also displayed the names of dead figures, including Anne Frank (Twitter/@Israel)His performance comes after the musician won a legal battle to perform in Frankfurt, amid being branded ‘one of the most widely spread Antisemites in the world.’
As per MailOnline, he began his Berlin performance with words flashing on the screen.
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" On a matter of public interest: a court in Frankfurt has ruled I am not an anti-Semite," it said.
"Just to be clear, I condemn anti-Semitism unreservedly."
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