Overview

• The Thuringian Higher Administrative Court in Weimar issued a final order allowing the site to refuse entry when the scarf is used as a political statement.
• The court ruled that freedom of expression must give way to the memorial foundation’s purpose of preserving dignified remembrance.
• According to the case record, the applicant intended to protest current Israeli policy by wearing the garment.
• The decision upholds an earlier emergency ruling by the Administrative Court Weimar that relied on the memorial’s house rules on appropriate attire.
• The foundation said the scarf is not inherently antisemitic and that admission decisions depend on context and the individual wearing it.