Rammstein released their first video since 2012. The video was criticized for its depiction of a Nazi concentration camp

The German band Rammstein released a video for the song "Deutschland" ("Germany"), which, after the release of the teaser, was criticized by Jewish organizations because of the image of a Nazi concentration camp.

The teaser shows the band members wearing robes standing with nooses around their necks; on the chest of one of them is a yellow six-pointed star.

Former head of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, Charlotte Knobloch, a Holocaust survivor, said that Rammstein "crossed the line" and used "the suffering and death of millions of people for entertainment purposes." Anti-Semitism Commissioner Felix Klein called the video "a tasteless exploitation of artistic freedom." The Yad Vashem memorial in Jerusalem noted that they usually do not criticize the depiction of the Holocaust in art, but call for respect for the memory of the victims.

In the full version of the clip, which lasts more than nine minutes including credits, the band members are seen wearing triangles on their chests, including pink, which the Nazis forced homosexual prisoners to wear, and red, which was worn by political prisoners. In the video, the members of Rammstein appear in many other images, including Roman legionnaires.

"Deutschland" is Rammstein's first music video since 2012. The new album, which is scheduled for release on May 17, will be the first in 10 years.