Overview
- The repaired rainbow-coloured bench at the CSD memorial in Tiergarten was found partially dismantled on September 25, 2026 with one wooden slat removed and two others damaged.
- The bench was first placed by Bezirk Mitte on August 6 as a site of remembrance and was rebuilt and reinstalled on September 14 after an initial destructive attack in early September.
- A nearby memorial tree had already been uprooted in the earlier vandalism, making this the third reported attack on the CSD remembrance items at the site.
- The Berliner Landeskriminalamt’s polizeilicher Staatsschutz (political‑extremism unit) has taken the case and opened investigations into the incident, and police say no suspects are known so far.
- The repeated damage is being treated as queerphobic vandalism tied to the July 25 attack on the Christopher Street Day event, which left one woman dead and 31 people injured and has heightened tensions over public safety and memorial protection.