The open letter, which supports Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s hesitant stance on the issue of arms deliveries to Ukraine, warns of a Third World War and a spiral of escalation, and was signed by 28 intellectuals such as Lars Eidinger and Svenja Flasspöhler, caused a controversy on the Internet . Many users on Twitter and Instagram accuse the signers of good faith and naïve pacifism, while others support the initiative. The gag writer Peter Wittkamp was critical and wrote about the open letter under Lars Eidinger’s Instagram post: “The list of signatories reads a bit like a party that you definitely don’t want to go to.” The actor Hans Jochen Wagner commented in turn: “I understand the longing. But the normative power of the factual is without illusions.”
The open letter has appeared on Emma’s website.