{"id":128452,"date":"2026-02-26T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=128452"},"modified":"2026-02-26T07:58:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T05:58:21","slug":"01-00-106","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=128452","title":{"rendered":"Antisemitic Crimes in Germany Surge to New High"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.algemeiner.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"center alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.reunion68.com\/Biuletyn\/img\/algem.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"35%\" \/><\/a><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000080;\"><span><strong><a style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.algemeiner.com\/2026\/02\/25\/antisemitic-crimes-germany-surge-new-high\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Antisemitic Crimes in Germany Surge to New High<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Algemeiner Staff<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr style=\"height: 15px; background: #d0e6fa; width: 100%;\" \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.algemeiner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2025-03-22T152502Z_1742657096_DPAF250322X99X303369_RTRFIPP_4_DEMONSTRATIONS-PROTESTS-ISRAEL-GAZA-MIDDLEEAST-1.jpg\" width=\"100%\" \/><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>Anti-Israel protesters march in Germany, March 26, 2025. Photo: Sebastian Willnow\/dpa via Reuters Connect<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The number of\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.algemeiner.com\/2026\/02\/09\/every-jew-will-die-german-synagogue-receives-threatening-letter-gun-cartridge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">antisemitic offenses in Germany<\/a>\u00a0reached a new high in 2025, according to newly unveiled figures.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Police registered 2,267 of these crimes last year, including violence, incitement, property damage, and propaganda offenses, according to German media.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">By comparison, the number of officially recorded antisemitic crimes was significantly lower at 1,825 in 2024. The previous year, there were 900 such offenses, preceded by fewer than 500 in 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Germany, like most countries across Europe and the broader Western world, has seen a\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.algemeiner.com\/2026\/01\/27\/81-years-after-holocaust-antisemitism-pervasive-germany-poland\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shocking rise in antisemitic incidents<\/a>\u00a0over the last two years, in the wake of the Hamas-led invasion of and massacre across southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The data came as a response from the police and the Berlin Senate to an inquiry from Sebastian Schl\u00fcsselburg, a member of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) serving in Berlin\u2019s state parliament, the\u00a0<em>Der Tagesspiegel<\/em>\u00a0newspaper reported.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u201cEspecially here, in the city where the crime against humanity of the Shoah [Holocaust] was planned and ordered, we have a special historical responsibility to protect Jewish life,\u201d he said in a statement, describing the high number of antisemitic crimes as \u201cshameful.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Schl\u00fcsselburg was a member of Germany\u2019s Left Party but left and joined SPD due to disagreements over Israel and Middle East policy. The Left Party has been\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.algemeiner.com\/2025\/11\/11\/israeli-ambassador-sounds-alarm-rising-antisemitism-germany-left-party-youth-wing-targets-jews-traitors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">accused of antisemitism<\/a>\u00a0due to its treatment of Jews and Zionists and its harsh rhetoric against Israel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Police attributed the vast majority (1,484 cases) of the antisemitic offenses recorded in 2025 to \u201cforeign ideology,\u201d mostly connected to Israel and Gaza. Many of these crimes occurred during anti-Israel, pro-Hamas demonstrations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Nearly 350 offenses were motivated by \u201creligious ideology,\u201d primarily Islamists, while right-wing extremism accounted for 327 cases.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">There were also 64 violent incidents recorded, with 49 linked to \u201cforeign ideology.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Officials have noted that\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.algemeiner.com\/2026\/02\/02\/fear-security-concerns-stall-plans-new-jewish-kindergarten-germany\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the real number of antisemitic crimes<\/a>\u00a0is likely much higher, as many do not get reported.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">More broadly, antisemitic incidents beyond crimes documented by police have also surged.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">According to recently released figures from the German Ministry of the Interior, antisemitic incidents continued to rise last year, with 2,122 offenses reported in Berlin alone, including 60 violent attacks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">This represents a significant increase of 80 percent compared with the already high number of incidents in previous years, with Berlin police recording 901 such offenses in 2023 and 1,622 in 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Last month, the commissioner to combat antisemitism in the German state of Hesse sounded the alarm after an arson attack on a synagogue in Giessen, warning that it reflects a \u201c<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.algemeiner.com\/2026\/01\/16\/growing-pogrom-like-atmosphere-german-antisemitism-commissioner-issues-warning-after-synagogue-arson-attack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">growing pogrom-like atmosphere<\/a>\u201d threatening Jewish life across the country<\/span><\/p>\n<hr style=\"height: 15px; background: #d0e6fa; width: 100%;\" \/>\n<div id=\"content\" class=\"content-alignment\">\n<div id=\"watch-description\" class=\"yt-uix-button-panel\">\n<div id=\"watch-description-text\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><em>Zawarto\u015b\u0107 publikowanych artyku\u0142\u00f3w i materia\u0142\u00f3w nie reprezentuje pogl\u0105d\u00f3w ani opinii Reunion&#8217;68,<\/em><em><br \/>\nani te\u017c webmastera Blogu Reunion&#8217;68, chyba ze jest to wyra\u017anie zaznaczone.<br \/>\nTwoje uwagi, linki, w\u0142asne artyku\u0142y lub wiadomo\u015bci prze\u015blij na adres:<br \/>\n<\/em><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong><em><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"mailto:webmaster@reunion68.com\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">webmaster@reunion68.com<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%;\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Antisemitic Crimes in Germany Surge to New High Algemeiner Staff Anti-Israel protesters march in Germany, March 26, 2025. Photo: Sebastian Willnow\/dpa via Reuters Connect The number of\u00a0antisemitic offenses in Germany\u00a0reached a new high in 2025, according to newly unveiled figures. 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