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Jewish community of Munich receives threatening letter and gun cartridge in the post

The letter read "every Jew will die...I will cause all the deaths." The Bavarian police's Criminal Department is investigating the incident.

According to the Berlin Public Prosecutor’s Office, antisemitic crime in the German capital remains at a persistently high level

In 2025, 820 new antisemitic offences were registered in Berlin, the city’s antisemitism commissioner at the Office of the Attorney General, Florian Hengst, told the German Press Agency (dpa).

Der Spiegel report identifies a neo-Nazi as the perpetrator of the 1970 Munich arson attack that killed Holocaust survivors

According to the report, the attacker was Brand V., a far-right extremist who lived in Munich at the time.

German Foreign Minister: “I’m ashamed that Jews fear to speak Hebrew in my country”

He addressed the disturbing rise of antisemitism across Germany, noting that many Jewish citizens fear displaying symbols of their identity, such as kippot or Star of David necklaces.

Suspect arrested for setting fire outside synagogue in Gießen

The blaze caused damage to a roller shutter and the synagogue’s entrance gate, but thankfully, no one was injured.

Central Council of Jews in Germany calls for tougher legal measures against antisemitism

Zentralrat President Josef Schuster is urging the introduction of new offences covering expressions of support for terrorist organisations, a revision of laws on incitement to hatred, and the criminalisation of calls for the destruction of states.
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