Zum Tag der Deutschen Einheit kritisiert Wolfram Weimer Geschichtsrevisionismus und betont die Bedeutung von Gedenkstätten.
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Point Alpha war ein US-Beobachtungsposten an der innerdeutschen Grenze zwischen Hessen und Thüringen. Er dient heute als Gedenkstätte für die Teilung Deutschlands.
Zum Tag der Deutschen Einheit beklagt Kulturstaatsminister Wolfram Weimer eine nachträgliche Verklärung der SED-Diktatur. «Rechts- wie linksextreme Kreise versuchen immer lauter, das Unrecht und die Unfreiheit in der DDR zu verharmlosen oder ideologisch umzudeuten», erklärte der parteilose Politiker. «Die Verklärung der SED-Diktatur ist inzwischen zu einem offenen Geschichtsrevisionismus geworden, um der Demokratie zu schaden.»
Er würdigte die Gedenkstätte Point Alpha, einen ehemaligen US-Stützpunkt und Beobachtungsposten in Hessen an der damaligen innerdeutschen Grenze zu Thüringen. Solche Orte seien «architektonische Erinnerungen an das Leid eines zerrissenen Landes», meinte Weimer. «Gedenkstätten sind das Gegengift von Ostalgie.»

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