For the past three decades, Irmela Mensah-Schramm has made it her mission to eradicate hate in the world. Armed with a spray can, a scraper, and a bottle of nail polish remover, the 71-year-old activist takes to the streets of Berlin to remove and cover up Nazi imagery and racist graffiti. After visiting a concentration camp for the first time, Schramm was moved to do her part to build a better future. Today, she’s removed over 77,500 neo-Nazi stickers all over Germany and has no intention of stopping. Wherever there is hate in the world, Schramm will be there, can in hand.
Meet “Graffiti Grandma” Scrubbing Away Hate
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Dennis — Thank you for brining this to our attention! Powerful… Talk about walking the talk!
Indeed Jeff, Grandma raises the bar for all of us, my friend.
I applaud your courage and I will pray that it spreads like wildfire. I am doing something similar here through another avenue. Thank you for this.