Truck Used In Berlin Market Attack May Become Museum Piece!

Local Editor

The truck used to crash through a crowded Christmas market in Berlin may soon become a museum piece at the House of History in Bonn, despite it being used as a terrorist weapon to murder dozens of innocent people.

The president of the foundation for the Haus der Geschichte museum in Bonn said, while it is "too early" to make such a sensitive decision, Germany cannot ignore its history.

Hans Walter Hutter said that displaying such type of an exhibit immediately after a tragedy is always difficult for relatives and friends of the victims. "One must wait, with respect, for the right time. But then you must act as a museum person, who is responsible for passing down the material legacy of the past - and indeed always with the necessary sense proportion."

"There is still an investigation procedure. And to make the right decision, you also need a time gap," Hutter said in an interview with DPA, The Local reported.

"The whole truck is probably too big. Rather, one would have to think of a certain part" to be displayed.

On 19 December 2016, the truck was deliberately driven into the Christmas market beside Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church at Breitscheidplatz in Berlin.

The terrorist attack left 12 people dead and 56 others injured. The perpetrator was Anis Amri, a failed asylum seeker from Tunisia who was killed in a shootout with police near Milan, Italy four days after the attack.

Daesh [the Arabic acronym for the terrorist ISIS/ISIL group] claimed responsibility for the attack.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team