Pink has a message for her critics.
The “Just Give Me a Reason” singer took to Instagram on Sunday to share a photo of her two kids, 8-year-old Willow and 2-year-old Jameson, running through Berlin’s Holocaust Memorial, alongside other photos from her trip to the city. In her caption, Pink explained why it was important to her to capture Willow and Jameson running through the memorial, despite some thinking it was inappropriate.
“Berlin, I love you. #holocaustmemorial #panamarestaurant #cocktailclasses #history #herstory #worldtour,” Pink wrote. “And for all of the comments; these two children are in actuality Jewish, as am I and the entirety of my mothers family. The very person who constructed this believed in children being children, and to me this is a celebration of life after death. Please keep your hatred and judgment to yourselves.”
In a 2017 interview with the BBC, Peter Eisenman, the American architect who designed the Holocaust Memorial, said that he wasn’t bothered by the different ways visitors choose to enjoy the space.
“People have been jumping around on those pillars forever. They’ve been sunbathing, they’ve been having lunch there and I think that’s fine,” he said. “A memorial is an everyday occurrence, it is not sacred ground.”
Pink previously went to the Holocaust Memorial with her daughter, explaining in an interview with Reese Witherspoon last year how the experience was a learning lesson for Willow, who discovered then that her grandmother was Jewish.
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NASHVILLE, TN – NOVEMBER 08: P!nk and Willow Sage Hart attend the 51st annual CMA Awards at the Bridgestone Arena on November 8, 2017 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Taylor Hill/FilmMagic)
NASHVILLE, TN – NOVEMBER 08: Willow Sage Hart (L) and singer-songwriter Pink attend the 51st annual CMA Awards at the Bridgestone Arena on November 8, 2017 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by John Shearer/WireImage)
INGLEWOOD, CA – AUGUST 27: Pink and Willow Sage Hart attend the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards at The Forum on August 27, 2017 in Inglewood, California. (Photo by C Flanigan/Getty Images)
INGLEWOOD, CA – AUGUST 27: Pink and Willow Sage Hart attend the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards at The Forum on August 27, 2017 in Inglewood, California. (Photo by C Flanigan/Getty Images)
INGLEWOOD, CA – AUGUST 27: Singer Pink and daughter Willow Sage Hart arrive at the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards at The Forum on August 27, 2017 in Inglewood, California. (Photo by Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic)
INGLEWOOD, CA – AUGUST 27: Pink, Willow Sage Hart and Carey Hart arrive at the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards at The Forum on August 27, 2017 in Inglewood, California. (Photo by Gregg DeGuire/Getty Images)
INGLEWOOD, CA – AUGUST 27: Pink and daughter Willow Sage Hart arrive at the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards at The Forum on August 27, 2017 in Inglewood, California. (Photo by Gregg DeGuire/Getty Images)
INGLEWOOD, CA – AUGUST 27: (L-R) Pink, Willow Sage Hart and Carey Hart attend the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards at The Forum on August 27, 2017 in Inglewood, California. (Photo by Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic)
NEW YORK, NY – JULY 10: Pink, Carey Hart and daughter Willow Hart are seen on July 10, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Ignat/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images)
LONDON, ENGLAND – AUGUST 14: (L-R) Carey Hart, P!nk and Willow Sage Hart arrive in London ahead of headlining V Festival at Hyde Park on August 14, 2017 in London, England. (Photo by Dave J Hogan/Dave J Hogan/Getty Images)
HOLLYWOOD, CA – MAY 23: Singer Pink and daughter Willow arrive at the premiere of Disney’s ‘Alice Through The Looking Glass’ at the El Capitan Theatre on May 23, 2016 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Gregg DeGuire/WireImage)
HOLLYWOOD, CA – MAY 23: Motorcycle Racer Carey Hart, Willow Sage Hart and singer-songwriter Pink attend the premiere of Disney’s ‘Alice Through the Looking Glass’ at the El Capitan Theatre on May 23, 2016 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Frank Trapper/Corbis via Getty Images).
Singer-songwriter Pink attends the premiere of Disney’s ‘Alice Through The Looking Glass’ with her husband Carey Hart (L) and daughter Willow Sage Hart, May 23, 2106 at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, California. / AFP / Robyn BECK (Photo credit should read ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY – APRIL 26: Pink and their daughter Willow are seen on April 26, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by NCP/Star Max/GC Images)
LOS ANGELES, CA – JUNE 08: Pink (aka Alecia Moore) and her daughter, Willow Sage Hart, as seen on June 8, 2013 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by SMXRF/Star Max/FilmMagic)
NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 19: Pink and Willow Sage Hart leave the Restaurant Sarabeth’s in Tribeca on September 19, 2012 in New York City. (Photo By Josiah Kamau/BuzzFoto/FilmMagic)
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – SEPTEMBER 12: Pink and Baby Willow Sage Hart Seen Leaving Harrods on September 12, 2012 in London, England. (Photo by Alex Moss/FilmMagic)
PARIS, FRANCE – SEPTEMBER 09: Singer Pink, her husband Carey Hart and their baby Willow Sage Hart are seen in the ‘Jardins du Luxembourg’ on September 9, 2012 in Paris, France. (Photo by Marc Piasecki/FilmMagic)
HOLLYWOOD, CA – NOVEMBER 13: Alecia Beth Moore (Pink), Willow Sage Hart and Carey Hart attend the ‘Happy Feet Two’ Los Angeles Premiere at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre on November 13, 2011 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Jeffrey Mayer/WireImage)
NEW YORK CITY, NY – OCTOBER 06: Pink Willow Sage Hart sighting on October 06, 2011 in New York City, New York. (Photo by Christopher Peterson/BuzzFoto/FilmMagic)
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“We went to Budapest, and we went to Berlin, and the Holocaust memorial,” Pink said, recalling telling her daughter that with their history, “This could have been us.”
“I asked her by the time we got to London, I said, ‘What was your favorite city?’ And she said, ‘I think it was Berlin.’ And I said, ‘Why?’ And she said, ‘Because there was a wall and people were separated, and there was a war and people were killed, and now everybody’s together and there’s no more wall and there’s no more war and that means everything that’s bad can be good again.’ And I’m just listening to her and I’m like, ‘You’re amazing and you’re totally right: Everything that’s bad can be good again,'” Pink remembered.
Sunday’s Instagram photo also wasn’t the first time the singer has taken on the “parenting police.” Pink clapped back at critics with a snap of Willow playing around in water last week. See more in the video below.
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