Overview
- The Berliner Rechnungshof found that 13 anti‑Semitism projects worth €2.6 million were granted in a way it judged “evident rechtswidrig,” a finding that triggered the current political and legal probe.
- Ex‑Kultursenatorin Sarah Wedl‑Wilson resigned in late April after she signed the disputed grant notices and has been questioned by the parliamentary inquiry about her role in approving the payments.
- Former Staatssekretär Oliver Friederici, who warned internally about the lack of clear grant rules and was dismissed days before Wedl‑Wilson’s resignation, also testified to the committee on Friday.
- The committee delayed former Kultursenator Joe Chialo’s testimony after the Senatskanzlei missed the summons deadline; Chialo is now scheduled to appear on 11 June alongside CDU MPs Dirk Stettner and Christian Goiny.
- Parliamentary investigators set up at the request of the Greens and Die Linke are reconstructing paperwork and decisions to determine whether administrative failures amount to criminal misconduct and to clarify how party pressure shaped allocations.