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Germany

Berlin museum returns Nazi-looted treasure to heirs of Jewish family

A Berlin museum said it had formally restituted a 15th century religious wooden sculpture to the heirs of former owners, a Jewish couple who fled the Nazi regime.

German court convicts man who attacked Israeli wearing kippah

A Berlin court convicted a 19-year-old Syrian of serious bodily harm and slander for attacking an Israeli man wearing a kippah.

Jews and Muslims in Berlin team up on bike rides against hatred

Some 25 Jews and Muslims have teamed up on tandem bicycle rides through Berlin in a protest against growing antisemitism and attacks on Muslims in the country.

Munich mayor accuses Roger Waters of promoting antisemitism

Roger Waters, co-founder of Pink Floyd, has been accused by the Mayor of Munich of stoking antisemitism.

German Jewish leader condemns instrumentalisation of girl’s murder

“A young life has been cruelly cut short. Our deepest sympathy goes to her relatives and friends,“ the council’s president, Josef Schuster, said.

Iraq extradicts suspected killer of 14 year-old Jewish girl to Germany

Iraq has extradited a 20-year-old Iraqi suspected of raping and killing a 14-year-old girl in Germany last month, German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said on Saturday.

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