Overview
- Public broadcaster Bayerischer Rundfunk confirmed it cut about 31 seconds from the ‘Klar’ episode and blurred a song scene after some parents withdrew consent for their children to appear.
- Media comparisons found the Mediathek version shorter than the pre‑release cut, with the full pupil interview about fasting during Ramadan removed and only audio left under pixelation for the school’s peace song.
- Parents from Berlin‑Neukölln’s Elbe School say their children’s remarks were taken out of context to fit a story about Islamism, and the head teacher says she felt used in a populist framing.
- BR rejects claims of deception, saying the school was told the focus was Ramadan as a schoolyard conflict and religious tolerance, and that the film praised the Elbe School as a model that addressed past tensions.
- Video clips that BR removed still circulate on TikTok and YouTube on accounts with right‑wing or islamophobic messaging, prompting rights checks by the broadcaster and a tense parents’ meeting at the school as families fear their children can be identified online.