Buchenwald Memorial Outraged by Swiss Television and Mörgeli

 The Couchepin versus Mörgeli affair has taken on a new component. After Christoph Mörgeli commented on the case to Swiss television on the grounds of the Buchenwald concentration camp memorial, of all places, he caused great annoyance among those responsible there, according to reports by NZZ am Sonntag. In a statement, the memorial objected to the instrumentalization of the concentration camp and called on Mörgeli and Swiss television to "apologize to the victims for this political functionalization of their history." To this, Mörgeli and SF spokesman said in unison, according to NZZ am Sonntag, that they had not wanted to offend the concentration camp victims. Both reject an apology to the memorial, because - according to Affentranger - "no violation of the rules" had been committed. The television had only filmed in the visitors' parking lot in front of the concentration camp. Rikola Lüttgenau, the deputy director of the memorial, rejected this explanation as "absurd". One had "violated an explicitly pronounced ban on filming." The pictures showed that not only the parking lot had been filmed. Moreover, the parking lot is also part of the site. The whole thing was a "cynical orchestration of the victims of Buchenwald, inspired by Mr. Mörgeli". This will not be simply accepted, said Lüttgenau. The memorial reserves the right to take legal action. According to his own statements, Mörgeli incidentally happened to be in the vicinity of the Buchenwald concentration camp.