https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Prosecutors on Wednesday demanded life behind bars for a man accused of killing two people in an anti-Semitic attack in the German city of Halle last year. https://www.thelocal.de/20201118/german-prosecutors-seek-life-in-jail-for-anti-semitic-attack-suspect Wed, 18 Nov 2020 19:00:31 +0100 german-prosecutors-seek-life-in-jail-for-anti-semitic-attack-suspect The gunman in a deadly anti-Semitic shooting in the German city of Halle was planning a "massacre" in a synagogue, Germany's chief federal prosecutor said Thursday, calling the violence an act of terror. https://www.thelocal.de/20191010/latest-german-leaders-visit-scene-of-deadly-anti-semitic-attack-in-halle Thu, 10 Oct 2019 17:19:32 +0200 latest-german-leaders-visit-scene-of-deadly-anti-semitic-attack-in-halle After a heavily-armed man shot two people dead, one of them outside a synagogue, in eastern German city Halle, Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said there were "signs of a far-right extremist background" to the attack. https://www.thelocal.de/20191010/fears-over-germanys-violent-far-right-grow-after-halle-attack Thu, 10 Oct 2019 12:37:36 +0200 fears-over-germanys-violent-far-right-grow-after-halle-attack The gunman behind the deadly shooting in Halle, eastern Germany, filmed his rampage live for 35 minutes. The footage reveals his anti-Semitism, his cold-blooded and callous killing of two people and how events could have been far worse. https://www.thelocal.de/20191010/a-total-loser-halle-gunmans-video-reveals-anti-semitism-callous-killings-and-blundering-attempts-at-mass-murder Thu, 10 Oct 2019 11:43:20 +0200 a-total-loser-halle-gunmans-video-reveals-anti-semitism-callous-killings-and-blundering-attempts-at-mass-murder The gunman in Wednesday's deadly shooting in the German city of Halle posted a video of the attack on the Twitch livestream platform owned by Amazon, the company said. https://www.thelocal.de/20191009/halle-shooter-posted-video-on-twitch-livestream-platform-gunman-germany Wed, 09 Oct 2019 23:08:20 +0200 halle-shooter-posted-video-on-twitch-livestream-platform-gunman-germany Berlin writer Donna Swarthout has been left frustrated by the lack of openness of Jewish groups in Berlin. September's landmark anti-Semitism rally in Berlin should have focused more on the positives of Jewish life in Germany, she argues. https://www.thelocal.de/20141010/i-rallied-against-anti-semitism-now-what Fri, 10 Oct 2014 17:21:00 +0200 i-rallied-against-anti-semitism-now-what Chancellor Angela Merkel will speak at a Berlin rally against anti-Semitism on Sunday to condemn hate speech and attacks against Jews that spiked amid the latest Gaza conflict. https://www.thelocal.de/20140911/merkel-to-address-anti-semitism-rally Thu, 11 Sep 2014 10:18:00 +0200 merkel-to-address-anti-semitism-rally Business is good at Uwe Dziuballa's Jewish restaurant in Chemnitz - but anti-Semitic attacks remain an occupational hazard. The restaurateur is on a mission to put the joy back into German-Jewish life. https://www.thelocal.de/20140808/jews-antisemitism-chemnitz-schalom-dziuballa Fri, 08 Aug 2014 15:07:00 +0200 jews-antisemitism-chemnitz-schalom-dziuballa A wave of anti-Semitism in Germany, unleashed by the Gaza crisis, shows no sign of abating. A synagogue was attacked on Tuesday morning, a rabbi received death threats and anti-Jewish comments online have increased. Attacks on mosques have also risen. https://www.thelocal.de/20140729/synagogue-attacked-rabbi-receives-death-threats-in-germany-anti-semitism Tue, 29 Jul 2014 13:17:00 +0200 synagogue-attacked-rabbi-receives-death-threats-in-germany-anti-semitism The American Jewish Committee in Berlin has filed a complaint with the city's police about anti-Semitic slogans being chanted at pro-Palestine rallies, while Germany's Jewish community on Monday condemned an "explosion of evil and violent hatred of Jews". https://www.thelocal.de/20140721/german-jews-condemn-explosion-of-hate-at-pro-gaza-rallies Mon, 21 Jul 2014 18:50:00 +0200 german-jews-condemn-explosion-of-hate-at-pro-gaza-rallies More than one in four Germans hold anti-Semitic views, according to a report released on Tuesday by the non-profit Anti-Defamation League (ADL). The figure is far higher than most other northern European countries. https://www.thelocal.de/20140514/one-in-four-germans-deemed-anti-semitic Wed, 14 May 2014 17:50:00 +0200 one-in-four-germans-deemed-anti-semitic The German Jewish Council is seeking a court order to force Google and YouTube to remove neo-Nazi and anti-Semitic content from the web. https://www.thelocal.de/20080321/10827 Fri, 21 Mar 2008 13:18:00 +0100 10827