The number of antisemitic offences in Germany reached a new high in 2025, with the Middle East conflict frequently cited as a motivating factor.
According to a response from the police and the Berlin Senate to an inquiry from SPD MP Sebastian Schlüsselburg, authorities recorded 2,267 antisemitic incidents last year.
These included propaganda offences, property damage, incitement to hatred, and violent acts.
By comparison, 1,825 antisemitic offences were officially recorded in 2024, while in 2023, during the Hamas attacks on Israel, the number was 900. In the years prior, annual figures remained below 500.
Of the more than 2,260 offences recorded in 2025, the police attributed the majority (1,484 cases) to what they term “foreign ideology”, most often connected to Israel and Gaza. Many of these crimes occurred during pro-Palestinian demonstrations.
Nearly 350 offences were motivated by “religious ideology”, predominantly associated with Islamist actors, while right-wing extremism accounted for 327 cases. This distribution also applies to violent incidents, of which 64 were recorded, with 49 linked to “foreign ideology”.
Sebastian Schlüsselburg, who previously belonged to Die Linke before joining the SPD over disagreements on Israel and Middle East policy, described the figures as “shameful”. He stressed: “Here, in the city where the Shoah was planned and ordered, we bear a particular historical responsibility to protect Jewish life.”
