A man has been charged with a hate crime after he allegedly assaulted a Jewish man at a subway station. On Saturday, a Jewish man, who was walking with his
A woman in Germany has been fined after she sent an antisemitic e-mail to the Director of the Hanover State Opera. The fine of €1,200 (£1022) was issued by the
Police in Berlin are investigating a suspected arson attack on a Holocaust street library box. The library, which is part of a larger communal library project called “Bücherboxx”, is located
A German man who has allegedly used antisemitic tropes in public talks has been accused of pretending to be Jewish. Frank Borner, a retired teacher from the island of Fehmarn,
German authorities are investigating the possibility of an antisemitic motive after an Israeli man was attacked by three men in Berlin. The victim, a nineteen-year-old Israeli tourist, told police that
A German journalist who believed he was Jewish has revealed that he has discovered that he is not in fact Jewish. Fabian Wolff, who has previously written for the German-Jewish
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
Germany has committed to giving $1.4 billion in reparations to Holocaust survivors globally in 2024. The compensation will reportedly include $888.9 million to assist with the home care and support
A painting by Russian artist Wassily Kandinsky is set to be returned to its Jewish owners after being seized by Nazis during the Holocaust. The 1927 painting entitled The Colourful
Germany’s Culture Minister was met with heckles and boos at a Jewish music competition over her previous support of an art exhibit which displayed inflammatory images. The crowd at the
A German man has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison for attempting to carry out an arson attack on a synagogue. The incident took place on
The Hamburg Regional Court has refused to view the brutal attack of a sixty-one-year-old Jewish man as an antisemitic crime. Andreas Roger underwent three operations and has been left blind
A microbiology professor in Germany was acquitted after being charged with inciting hatred in relation to comments that he made equating Israel to Nazi Germany. Sucharit Bhakdi, 74, is a
A German court has upheld a police ban of the annual Nakba demonstration in Berlin, due to fears that it could incite antisemitism. The police stated that the event could
A microbiology professor in Germany is facing criminal charges after allegedly equating Israel to the Nazis. Sucharit Bhakdi, 74, is a member of the fringe political party ‘Die Basis’ and will
German Teenagers appeared to give Nazi salutes whilst visiting Auschwitz in a photograph recently disseminated on social media. The group from Leipzig visited the notorious former death camp, in which
Incendiary chants relating to Jewish people and Israel were chanted on the street in Berlin during a demonstration in Berlin. The 1st May anti-Israel rally in Germany’s capital featured the
Lufthansa is reportedly paying £16,000 to each Jewish passenger who was barred from boarding one of its flights earlier this year. The airline had previously apologised after apparently barring all
Germany’s Federal authorities have disclosed that 1,555 antisemitic incidents – including 55 classified as “violent” – were reported in 2022, according to data gathered by the Federal Criminal Police. While
Police in the German city of Hanover are investigating after a synagogue’s stained-glass window was damaged on Yom Kippur. The window in the women’s gallery was reportedly damaged by a
A new poll has revealed that one in three Germans believe that Israel acts like the Nazis. Bertelsmann Stiftung, an independent German foundation, surveyed thousands of Israelis and Germans to explore relations
The President of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, has partially revised comments that he made in which he accused Israel of committing “50 Holocausts”. In a new statement released by
The German Chancellor has condemned remarks by the President of the Palestinian Authority (PA) made while on a visit to Berlin. PA President Mahmoud Abbas, also known by his nom de guerre, Abu
German tourists are reportedly buying wine with images of Adolf Hitler as collectibles. The wine, which has been widely known to be on sale in Italy for some time, is the work
Two minors have been sentenced in Germany following a brutal assault on a Jewish man in Hamburg last year. The court heard how the two unnamed brothers, aged seventeen and fifteen, approached
Two different German memorials to the Holocaust have been attacked by vandals in one week. At the former Nazi camp at Buchenwald, some trees that had been planted in order
A German soldier who holds far-right views has been found guilty of attempting to carry out “false flag” attacks on politicians and people in the public eye while pretending to
A new report has been published which shows that there were 2,738 antisemitic incidents recorded in 2021, marking a 40 percent increase from the year before. According to the report
After months of controversy, the fifteenth edition of the quinquennial contemporary art festival, Documenta, has opened in Kassel, Germany, amid controversy, including allegations that one of the artworks contains inflammatory
Germany’s High Court has ruled that the Judensau sculpture relief on the side of a church in Wittenberg must not be removed. The sculpture, which represents Jews suckling on a
A report published by Germany’s Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution shows that there has been a 29 percent increase in antisemitic incidents in 2021, compared to a
German news outlets have expressed alarm after three Jewish cemeteries were vandalised. On 23rd May, swastikas were found graffitied on a wall in Altona cemetery, Hamburg, which dates back to
German police are investigating two allegedly antisemitic incidents. A 16-year-old suspect was arrested by federal officers on suspicion of planning to bomb a high school in Essen. When the police
Lufthansa has apologised after apparently barring all visibly Jewish passengers from a flight due to a mask dispute with a few passengers who happened to be Jewish. It was reported that there was a dispute between
Councillors in the northern Bavarian town of Bayreuth have voted to give new names to two streets once dedicated to noted antisemites. One was named after the bishop, Hans Meiser,
The publication of the 2021 Antisemitism Report by the Berlin Attorney General’s Office has reportedly sparked concerns among authorities in the German capital. The annual report, which has recorded rising
Police in Germany have reportedly pressured Telegram to remove far-right content. Telegram is a Russian-founded online messaging app with end-to-end encryption as well as ‘self-destruct timers’ on messages and media. Though used by
A German politician has condemned education officials for failing to remove antisemitic stereotypes from school textbooks. Jonas Weber of the Social Democrat Party (SPD) in Baden-Württemberg said that disturbing portrayals
The German public broadcaster Deutsche Welle has fired five employees – including four from its Arabic desk – and has dropped a number of freelancers following an audit on antisemitism.
Recorded incidents of antisemitism in Berlin during the first half of 2021 are the highest that they have been compared with other recordings from January to June in the past
German media company Deutsche Welle has suspended four employees and one freelancer amid its investigation that was launched this week after accusations of antisemitism were made against it. The accusations
German media company Deutsche Welle is launching an investigation after accusations of antisemitism have been made against it. The accusations come from a report by the Süddeutsche Zeitung, a German
The President of Colombia has condemned police cadets who dressed up as Nazis in a ceremony meant to honour Germany. President Iván Duque said on Friday that “any apology for Nazism is unacceptable,”
A new survey has revealed that antisemitic beliefs persist across the German population and especially among voters of the right-wing Alternative für Deutschland Party (AfD). The survey, conducted by polling firm Forsa
New figures published by Germany’s federal government show that so far in 2021 there have been an average of six antisemitic incidents every 24 hours. As of early November, 1,850 antisemitic crimes
The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) have punished Union Berlin football club after some of its fans performed Nazi salutes and shouted antisemitic abuse towards opposing supporters during its
The former secretary who worked at Stutthof concentration camp in Nazi-occupied Poland has gone on trial for murder. Irmgard Furchner, 96, is accused of contributing to the deaths of
Church authorities managing a Brandenburg cemetery have admitted to a “terrible mistake” after the ashes of a prominent neo-Nazi were buried in the grave of a Jewish-born musicologist. Henry Hafenmayer, a 48-year-old
A sixteen-year-old has been suspected of assaulting a 60-year-old man at a vigil against antisemitism in Hamburg, Germany. During the “Hamburg for Israel and against antisemitism” vigil, which took place on
A 60-year-old man was injured at a vigil against antisemitism in Hamburg, Germany, after a group of youths insulted the participants with antisemitic abuse. During the “Hamburg for Israel and against antisemitism”
An attempted Islamist terrorist attack on a German synagogue on Yom Kippur has reportedly been thwarted. Services in Hagen Synagogue in North Rhine-Westphalia were called off on Wednesday after “very serious and concrete
A Jewish teenager has been hospitalised with broken bones after he was attacked for wearing a skullcap, or “kippah”, in Cologne, Germany. It was reported yesterday that on Friday, a
The German Government will pay €35 million to combat antisemitism, it was recently revealed. Funds will reportedly be used for research and education projects, including efforts to educate non-Jews about
It was reported on Monday that Germany’s Bundeswehr (armed forces) has appointed Rabbi Zsolt Balla as the first military rabbi since the post was abolished by the Nazis. The Orthodox Rabbi
Antisemitic graffiti was found spray-painted onto the side of a building in Wemmetsweiler, a village in the German state of Saarland, last week. The graffiti depicts three black Stars of
A new report has found that antisemitic incidents have increased in Germany, with more reported incidents occurring in 2020 than in 2019. The report that was published by Federal Association of
Germany has banned the Hamas flag after a rise in antisemitic incidents. The ban, agreed upon by all parties in Germany’s grand coalition government, is believed to have been spearheaded
German soldiers who sang antisemitic and racist songs are to be “vigorously prosecuted and punished”, according to the country’s Defence Minister. The allegations relate to a party held by German soldiers stationed
A Torah ark in Frankfurt airport was desecrated with graffiti of a swastika, it was reported on Sunday. The graffiti on the Torah ark (the cabinet which houses the Torah
German police have begun a hunt for a masked suspect who is believed to have been involved in an arson outside a synagogue in Ulm. The masked suspect, a male,
German police have detained at least sixteen men so far after three recorded antisemitic incidents took place in three separate cities, all in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. In the
Politicians in Berlin have banned the annual “Al Quds Day” rally that was scheduled to take place in the German capital this year on 8th May. The Iranian-sponsored Al Quds
Antisemitic flyers were discovered on a tram in Cologne, Germany on 10th February, which blamed the Jewish population for the ongoing pandemic. The flyers read: “Do we really have a
A legislator in the German state of Saxony has observed that, while antisemitic crimes are rising, prosecutions remain low. Kerstin Köditz, of Die Linke (The Left Party), told journalists that 173 antisemitic
The chairman of a Turkish-Islamic association in the German city of Göttingen has resigned after antisemitic hate messages and conspiracy myths that he had allegedly posted on social media were
A Muslim-owned kebab restaurant in the German city of Halle has been saved from bankruptcy by a fundraising campaign led by the Jewish community. The kebab restaurant was the site
A guard at a Nazi concentration camp who has lived in the United States since 1959 has been deported to Germany. German prosecutors, however, have dropped their case against him
During an online commemoration event for International Holocaust Remembrance Day, five German companies issued a joint declaration against antisemitism and racism in the country. Borussia Dortmund, Daimler, Deutsche Bahn, Deutsche
Anti-Jewish laws introduced during the Third Reich are among pieces of legislation that the German government is being asked to remove from its statute books. One such law required German
A man was attacked by a knife-wielding assailant and subjected to antisemitic abuse in Berlin on Monday night earlier this week. According to a report, the 33-year-old man was subjected
A man screamed antisemitic abuse at a rabbi and his children as they walked home from synagogue in the German city of Offenbach on New Year’s Day. Witnesses to the
Germany has dropped an investigation into a Nazi guard expected to be “possibly the last” suspect allegedly complicit in the Holocaust. Friedrich Karl Berger, 95, has been living in the
A version of Germany’s phonetic alphabet which was adopted in the Nazi era is set to be removed following a campaign by activists. Alongside the current worldwide phonetic alphabet –
German authorities have uncovered a group of 26 soldiers suspected of involvement in a chat room with links to antisemitism, right-wing extremism and pornography. The allegation, disclosed in a German Defence
A German government official has raised concerns that antisemitism is emerging as a common and unifying ideology among protestors against pandemic lockdown measures after an eleven-year-old German girl compared holding
Authorities in the northern German city of Braunschweig acted recently to prevent a neo-Nazi group from holding a demonstration at the site of a synagogue destroyed by the Nazis in
Swastikas have been discovered etched into the headstones and spray-painted across memorials at a Jewish cemetery in Haren, Germany. On 17th November, the vandalism was reported to the local authorities.
A large concrete block shattered windows of a synagogue in Essen, Germany, in what is being investigated as an antisemitic attack. A suspect was caught on security footage at the
A memorial in a German town to the victims of Kristallnacht has been vandalised just days after the anniversary of the Nazi pogrom. Flowers that had been laid at a memorial
Local police in Saxony-Anhalt in Germany have been accused of calling a fast food proprietor “Jew” for years. The claim was reportedly made in an anonymous email, which claimed that the entire
Officials, clergy and residents of a German town formed a human chain around the local synagogue on Friday night in an act of solidarity with the local Jewish community. Around
Swastikas have been painted over tributes to mark one year since the deadly antisemitic attack on a synagogue on Yom Kippur in Halle, Germany. The tributes were sprayed by a group called Antifa Halle
A 26-year-old Jewish man was attacked outside a synagogue in Hamburg on Sunday evening as members of the local community celebrated the Jewish festival of Sukkot. The attack happened outside
A mezuzah has been desecrated in the outside entrance to a synagogue in Berlin. It is believed that mezuzah capsule was opened and a swastika was graffitied on both sides
The International Olympics Committee (IOC) has apologised for posting a tweet that appeared to celebrate the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games hosted by Nazi Germany. To mark the lighting of the Olympic cauldron
A report on the Halle synagogue attack on the BBC Arabic website fails to mention antisemitism or Jews, stating simply that “some German news outlets say it happened near a
Two people have been murdered today in Halle, Germany during Yom Kippur. A gunman attacked a synagogue, trying to blast his way in using explosives, but failed and then murdered
A disgraced British bishop, Richard Williamson, has failed in his attempt to persuade the European Court of Human Rights that Holocaust denial should be protected by the right to freedom
The German federal government, the Bundeskabinett, has today formally adopted the International Definition of Antisemitism. The definition is clear and detailed, leaving no doubt as to what antisemitism is. In particular, the definition
