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16th Jul 2019

Pink defends photo she took of her children at Holocaust memorial in Berlin

Melissa Carton

Pink has come under criticism after uploading a photograph of her children playing in Berlin.

The singer and mum-of-two came under fire after the photo showing her children running through the Holocaust memorial located in the German capital.

Fans of the star left comments saying that the photograph is insensitive and disrespectful to the memory of those who died but Pink has defended herself.

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While many disagreed with the singer allowing her two children Willow and Jameson to run around the memorial Pink spoke back by saying her children are Jewish and that even the architect created the site to be treated differently from other memorials.

Peter Eisenman, who designed the memorial told the BBC:

“My idea was to allow as many people of different generations, in their own ways, to deal or not to deal with being in that place, and if they want to lark around I think that’s fine.”

Others have come to the Pink’s defence saying kids will be kids and that it is actually a beautiful thing to see joy and life in the space.

“I’m Jewish and my relatives died in the camps. It gives me joy to see children enjoying life and continuing on when so many died.”