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German mayors protest neo-Nazi festival celebrating Hitler’s birthday

Dozens of German mayors signed a joint declaration last week as an act of protest against a neo-Nazi music festival set to take place in the eastern town of Ostritz on April 20 to mark the birthday of Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler.

Felix Klein appointed as Germany’s first Federal Commissioner for the fight against antisemitism

The German federal government has appointed Felix Klein as its inaugural Commissioner for Jewish life in Germany and for the fight against antisemitism.

Antisemitic migrants could be denied right to stay in Germany

Germany's Interior Ministry supported the statement by the President of the Central Council of Jews that those who disrespect German values should be stripped of their right of abode.

Germany’s stumbling stones go missing amid far-right backlash

Stumbling stones are extraordinary memorial to the more than 6 million killed in the Holocaust. The concept is simple: a brass plaque for every casualty of the slaughter.

Merkel’s CDU urges mandatory reporting of antisemitism in schools

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party has called for mandatory reporting of antisemitism in state schools.

Antisemitic bullying of Jewish schoolgirl causes outrage in Germany

The Central Council of Jews in Germany has demanded countermeasures following news that a Jewish girl in Berlin had been the victim of antisemitic bullying and death threats by Muslim classmates for months.
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