Germany probes man with Auschwitz-glorifying tattoo

BERLIN — German prosecutors say they are investigating whether a man violated the country’s prohibition of the public display of Nazi symbols by appearing at a swimming pool with a tattoo of what appeared to be the Auschwitz death camp on his back.

Neuruppin prosecutors’ spokeswoman Lolita Lodenkaemper said Tuesday another bather took a photo of the tattoo, which also carried the slogan from the Buchenwald concentration camp’s gate, “Jedem das Seine” — “to each his own” — at a pool in Oranienburg, north of Berlin, on November 21.

She says that having such a tattoo is legal but showing it publicly could be considered incitement.

Lodenkaemper would not confirm local media reports that the suspect is a member of the far-right National Democratic Party and sits on the county council.

An eyewitness told a Berlin daily he told a worker at the pool about the tattoo, but was told nothing could be done.

Times of Israel staff contributed to this report.