hiding history good or bad is the best solution germany believes it may have the answer to god as peter olcott of course. when it comes to assessing and dealing with difficult periods of history germany has more experience than most but we haven't seen the type of scenes here that have played out in the united states britain belgium. bullet germany isn't without its own controversial statues on. von bismarck has been dogged with red paint in hamburg while as an ongoing campaign to block the renovation of another monument to the iron chancellor in the port city bismarck wasn't just crucial in german unification he was also a driving force in colonialism and by today's standards an anti semite here in berlin zeland of district anime as hassam in 1920 s. depiction of a needling black woman was decapitated last week hasim and remains controversial in germany he was a committed nazi and despite that fact his works continue to be displayed across the german capital this particular monument had been slated for removal by city authorities who'd already deemed it earlier this year on suitable for displ