1. A parking and/or maneuvering assistance device for a passenger vehicle or a commercial vehicle comprising: an image acquisition unit; a graphic display unit with which the image information recorded by the image acquisition unit can be displayed in the interior of the vehicle either with or without processing; a protective element, the image acquisition unit being situated behind the protective element so that it is essentially inaccessible from the outside at least in a resting position, the protective element having a opening allocated to the image acquisition unit.