Overview

• Media and Culture State Minister Wolfram Weimer criticized the planned appearance by rapper Chefket at Berlin’s Haus der Kulturen der Welt, citing antisemitic content.
• In a letter to HKW leadership, Weimer referenced an Instagram photo of Chefket wearing a T‑shirt whose motif the federal government deems antisemitic for negating Israel’s existence.
• Weimer called the Oct. 7 booking a provocation given the anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israel and urged safeguards against any antisemitic statements.
• HKW Intendant Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung responded that there is no place for antisemitism at the institution and that any such expression on its stage would be rejected.
• The Jan Böhmermann–curated series runs Sept. 27 to Oct. 19, Chefket is listed for Oct. 7, and no cancellation has been announced, with Weimer slated as a talk guest on Oct. 8.