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Reported by: Cherry Meigh TimbolNews Content Editor Published September 6, 2026 MAGDEBURG/HALLE, Germany — Thousands of demonstrators gathered across the eastern German state of Saxony-Anhalt on Saturday, September 5, in protests opposing the Alternative for [...]
A publicly funded swimming pool in Berlin announced it would bar everyone except Black communities from a six-hour window on a Friday afternoon, drawing condemnation from across Germany's political spectrum before organizers quietly pulled the plug. The temporary open-air pool, built in front of the historic Volksbühne theatre at a cost of roughly €300,000 in […] The post Berlin's taxpayer-funded pool planned a swim session for Black visitors only — then canceled it after public backlash appeared first on American Almanac .
A publicly funded swimming pool in Berlin announced it would bar everyone except Black communities from a six-hour window on a Friday afternoon, drawing condemnation from across Germany's political spectrum before organizers quietly pulled the plug. The temporary open-air pool, built in front of the historic Volksbühne theatre at a cost of roughly €300,000 in public money, had been open barely a week when its operators posted a notice reserving the facility "exclusively to Black communities" on Friday, August 14, from noon to 6 p.m. The pool, free to enter, requiring no ID, was originally marketed as a place for all Berliners to cool off in a city where, by the theatre director's own admission, half the indoor and outdoor pools are…Open