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Germany

RIAS Bavaria documented 733 antisemitic incidents in 2023

Nearly half of all incidents occurred after the antisemitic attack by Hamas in southern Israel, with 70 percent of them associated with Israel-related antisemitism.
United Kingdom

Authorities cover a Holocaust memorial to prevent vandalism to it in London’s Hyde Park

The monument to the Holocaust victims, which features Hebrew engravings, was covered by a blue tarp.
Spain

Spanish police arrest a woman for insulting and assaulting a Jewish person in Madrid

According to the Madrid Police Headquarters, the arrest took place after the victim filed a complaint.
Sweden

Stockholm Jewish football club exposed to antisemitism on Instagram

Henriksdalsbergets FF promoted their match against Makkabi on their Instagram account with a pro-Palestinian song.
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Denmark

A Danish boat to freedom – The boat that saved 11 Jews in Denmark

New exhibit marks escape of Danish Jews from the Nazis.
Poland

New Holocaust memorial in Gorlice is shaped like a Star of David; uses rescued matzevot — with translation of their epitaphs

A prominent new Holocaust memorial in Gorlice, in southern Poland, is a pavilion-like building shaped like a Star of David that conserves numerous matzevot and fragments discovered at the site of a former Hasidic bet midrash in the city that was razed in 2016.
Ukraine

Ukraine to let in vaccinated Israeli pilgrims for Rosh Hashanah

Ukraine will let in vaccinated pilgrims from Israel for Rosh Hashanah amid negotiations on Israeli deliveries of COVID-19 vaccines to Ukraine.
France

French Jews Remember 2012 terror attack on Jewish school

France began commemorations for the ninth anniversary of a devastating Islamist terror spree that claimed the lives of seven people, including three children at a Jewish school and two soldiers of the French army.
Greece

Greece to take over IHRA presidency

Greece will assume the rotating presidency of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) in April.
Greece

Vandalism of mural paying homage to Thessaloniki’s Jews decried

The Jewish Community of Thessaloniki issued a statement condemning vandalism on a new mural on Michael Kalou Street commemorating the Northern Greek port city’s Jews.
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