2,480 antisemitic incidents reported in Germany in 2022

A body that monitors antisemitism in Germany reported that 2,480 antisemitic incidents occurred in 2022.

The Department for Research and Information on Antisemitism, or RIAS, also reported that despite the overall number of incidents decreasing slightly in comparison to 2021, there were nine incidents of extreme violence, representing the highest ever number since national records started being taken in 2017. 

Felix Klein, the German Government’s Commissioner to Combat Antisemitism, highlighted Germany’s cultural sector as being particularly problematic. 

For example, last year the Director of Documenta, the quinquennial art festival held in the German city of Kassel, resigned after the fifteenth edition of the festival displayed works that contained inflammatory references toward Jews.

Campaign Against Antisemitism reports on news and incidents relating to antisemitism in Germany.