Mirjam Herrmann, born in 1997, is a lawyer and climate activist. She studied law in Passau and London and currently coordinates the legal department of the protest group Last Generation. She gained notoriety in 2022 through a public campaign: to draw attention to climate change, she threw mashed potatoes at a Monet painting in Potsdam’s Barberini Museum. Together with four other members of the Last Generation, she has been charged by the Neuruppin public prosecutor’s office with forming a criminal organization.
Status: May 2024