A gay, Jewish teacher in Berlin says he is living a nightmare after repeated homophobic and antisemitic abuse at a school with a high migrant population.
A gay Jewish teacher in Berlin has spoken out about enduring months of abuse, harassment, and threats from elementary school students, most of whom have a migration background, driving him into post-traumatic stress disorder and forcing him to take medical leave.
Oziel Inácio-Stech told the Süddeutsche Zeitung that he had been the target of persistent insults and threats after revealing to his pupils that he is married to a man. “I’m living in a nightmare,” he said. “I never expected to experience something like this in Germany.”
Inácio-Stech said he had long hesitated to come out to his students due to their family backgrounds. “The parents of many students are very religious and come from traditional cultures,” he explained. In fact, as Remix News has previously reported, more than 80 percent of students at some schools in Berlin are from a migration background and do not speak German at home.