Yes, Weimar, you do have a Nazi problem and a racism problem, and those who don't want to admit it,obviously does not listen to the affected residents of this city and shuts their eyes to the constantly present right-wing violence in Weimar. This encourages fascists to commit further attacks and acts of violence and ensures that the few places in this city that clearly position themselves for a queerfeminist, anti-racist, open society close down out of understandable frustration and exhaustion, as is now the case with Café Spunk. After a series of attacks - including the breaking of a window pane, the throwing of paint bombs, and most recently the destruction of a Pride flag and café equipment and threats to staff and customers in broad daylight - the operators have had enough. We consider it a scandal that the city has not made any significant effort to protect the café. For this reason, we would like to express our solidarity with Café Spunk.
As our project shows, Weimar is a city with a long history of colonial and racist continuities. This city and its citizens - like almost all German cities - have benefited from colonial exploitation for centuries, and - in the particular case of Weimar - have also contributed significantly to the ideological foundation of colonial ventures from Germany.
The constant threat of right-wing violence, which BIPoC in particular experience alongside queer people and openly positioning anti-fascists in Weimar's urban space, as well as being left alone with it by the city and its authorities, in particular by a police apparatus that is little to not at all trustworthy for racialized people for known reasons – These are all continuities of (colonial) racism in Weimar and experiences that are unfortunately part of everyday life in this city. Just not part of everyone's everyday life: "Weimar is a good place to live", Oberbürgermeiste Kleine tells the MDR. But for whom?