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 Paul Alexander was just a toddler when his mother handed him to a volunteer nurse on a train leaving Nazi Germany in 1939. https://www.thelocal.de/20180617/child-refugee-who-fled-nazis-to-friedrichstrasse-in-berlin Sun, 17 Jun 2018 12:17:37 +0200 child-refugee-who-fled-nazis-to-friedrichstrasse-in-berlin 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 A Berlin tribunal on Thursday ordered Germany to pay €50 million in reparations to the descendants of a Jewish family whose chain of department stores was seized by the Nazis. https://www.thelocal.de/20140613/germany-to-pay-50-million-to-jewish-family-schocken Fri, 13 Jun 2014 11:08:00 +0200 germany-to-pay-50-million-to-jewish-family-schocken 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 Edgar Feuchtwanger, the son of a prominent German Jewish family with roots in Bavaria going back centuries, vividly remembers nearly bumping into his neighbour Adolf Hitler as a boy. https://www.thelocal.de/20140511/hitlers-jewish-neighbour-looks-back-in-horror-in-new-book Sun, 11 May 2014 10:56:00 +0200 hitlers-jewish-neighbour-looks-back-in-horror-in-new-book