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 Graffiti tributes to mark one year since a deadly anti-Semitic attack in the German city of Halle have been sprayed over with swastikas, police said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.de/20201009/german-anti-semitic-attack-tributes-defaced-with-swastikas Fri, 09 Oct 2020 13:14:09 +0200 german-anti-semitic-attack-tributes-defaced-with-swastikas Hundreds of thousands of documents on Nazi crimes with information on some 10 million people were made accessible online on Tuesday, the Germany-based International Center on Nazi Prosecution said. https://www.thelocal.de/20191120/850000-documents-on-nazi-victims-put-online Wed, 20 Nov 2019 10:35:04 +0100 850000-documents-on-nazi-victims-put-online The director of Berlin's Jewish Museum resigned on Friday amid controversy over a tweet sent linking to an article that criticised the German parliament for passing legislation against the BDS movement, which demands a boycott of Israel. https://www.thelocal.de/20190615/berlin-jewish-museum-head-quits-after-controversial-tweet Sat, 15 Jun 2019 09:01:17 +0200 berlin-jewish-museum-head-quits-after-controversial-tweet Israeli President Reuven Rivlin said on Sunday that Germany's warning to Jews on the dangers of wearing the traditional kippah cap were a "capitulation to anti-Semitism" and evidence Jews were unsafe there. https://www.thelocal.de/20190526/israel-president-says-jews-unsafe-in-germany Sun, 26 May 2019 16:25:28 +0200 israel-president-says-jews-unsafe-in-germany Germany's government commissioner on anti-Semitism has warned Jews about the potential dangers of wearing the traditional kippah cap in the face of rising anti-Jewish attacks. https://www.thelocal.de/20190525/jews-warned-against-wearing-kippah-in-germany Sat, 25 May 2019 15:19:48 +0200 jews-warned-against-wearing-kippah-in-germany Yorai Feinberg was taking a break outside his Berlin restaurant when a man screamed at him: "Go back to your gas chambers!". https://www.thelocal.de/20190304/for-this-berlin-restaurateur-anti-semitic-attacks-are-routine Mon, 04 Mar 2019 10:37:02 +0100 for-this-berlin-restaurateur-anti-semitic-attacks-are-routine Anti-Semitic offences rose almost 10 percent in Germany last year, and violent attacks were up more than 60 percent, crime statistics showed Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20190213/anti-semitic-offences Wed, 13 Feb 2019 13:44:57 +0100 anti-semitic-offences A Jewish community leader in Germany said Thursday she had been targeted with threats and hate mail "almost by the minute" since criticizing the far-right AfD party. https://www.thelocal.de/20190125/german-jewish-leader-threatened-after-criticising-far-right-afd Fri, 25 Jan 2019 09:50:30 +0100 german-jewish-leader-threatened-after-criticising-far-right-afd The German government said Monday it has agreed to an one-off payment to survivors of the Kindertransport programme, which brought Jewish children persecuted in Nazi Germany to safety in Britain. https://www.thelocal.de/20181217/germany-agrees-compensation-for-kindertransport-refugees Mon, 17 Dec 2018 16:55:30 +0100 germany-agrees-compensation-for-kindertransport-refugees A recent rise in anti-Semitic acts in the United States has rekindled old fears among German-born Jews and Holocaust survivors: Should they again hide their background, or should they instead reach out to share their experiences? https://www.thelocal.de/20181210/they-survived-the-holocaust-should-they-be-afraid-today Mon, 10 Dec 2018 14:35:14 +0100 they-survived-the-holocaust-should-they-be-afraid-today Germany has been remembering victims of the Nazi pogrom that heralded the start of the Third Reich's drive to wipe out Jews, at a time when anti-Semitism is resurgent in the West. https://www.thelocal.de/20181109/germany-recalls-kristallnacht Fri, 09 Nov 2018 09:46:58 +0100 germany-recalls-kristallnacht Prime Minister Justin Trudeau apologized in parliament on Wednesday for Canada's refusal to admit Jewish asylum seekers fleeing Nazi Germany just months before the outbreak of World War II. https://www.thelocal.de/20181108/canada-apologizes-for-turning-away-jews-fleeing-nazi-germany Thu, 08 Nov 2018 06:23:13 +0100 canada-apologizes-for-turning-away-jews-fleeing-nazi-germany The majority of primary school pupils in Germany don’t know what the terms Jew and Roma mean, according to a new study conducted by the International Central Institute for Youth and Educational Television in Munich. https://www.thelocal.de/20181106/mayority-of-primary-school-students-in-germany-cant-explain-meaning-of-jew-or-gypsy-study Tue, 06 Nov 2018 10:50:07 +0100 mayority-of-primary-school-students-in-germany-cant-explain-meaning-of-jew-or-gypsy-study The recent attack on two men wearing kippas in Berlin has alarmed the Central Jewish Council. On Tuesday its President, Josef Schuster, advised Germany's Jews against wearing kippas in cities like Berlin or Munich. https://www.thelocal.de/20180424/central-council-of-jews-advises-against-wearing-kippas-in-germanys-major-cities Tue, 24 Apr 2018 16:48:37 +0200 central-council-of-jews-advises-against-wearing-kippas-in-germanys-major-cities After the father of a Jewish child at a Berlin primary school told a newspaper about anti-Semitic bullying experienced by his daughter, Germany’s Jewish community called for more action on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20180327/berlin-elementary-student-receive-threats-for-being-jewish Tue, 27 Mar 2018 19:09:11 +0200 berlin-elementary-student-receive-threats-for-being-jewish Much has been made recently of a rising far-right and an influx of Middle Eastern immigrants fuelling a rise in anti-Semitism. But official figures don't seem to back these claims up. https://www.thelocal.de/20180201/lets-be-careful-before-we-talk-about-rising-anti-semitism-in-germany Thu, 01 Feb 2018 10:39:13 +0100 lets-be-careful-before-we-talk-about-rising-anti-semitism-in-germany UPDATE: After the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) beat Angela Merkel's CDU into third place in a state election on Sunday, the Chancellor has said that she takes some of the blame. https://www.thelocal.de/20160905/afd-success-is-nightmare-come-true-jewish-leader Mon, 05 Sep 2016 15:09:43 +0200 afd-success-is-nightmare-come-true-jewish-leader A young man reported being attacked in the east of the capital in Tuesday evening by a group of three men who spotted his religious skullcap. https://www.thelocal.de/20160622/jewish-man-beaten-in-berlin-for-wearing-kippah Wed, 22 Jun 2016 17:03:25 +0200 jewish-man-beaten-in-berlin-for-wearing-kippah Germany's top Jewish group Thursday labelled as "disgusting" plans for a weekend auction of Nazi memorabilia, including Hermann Goering's silk underpants. https://www.thelocal.de/20160617/jewish-group-outraged-by-munich-nazi-a Fri, 17 Jun 2016 13:06:33 +0200 jewish-group-outraged-by-munich-nazi-a The Auschwitz museum on Tuesday launched a multi-lingual computer application that writers can use to avoid the mistake of referring to Nazi German death camps as being "Polish". https://www.thelocal.de/20160216/poland-battles-to-keep-germans-on-hook-for-auschwitz Tue, 16 Feb 2016 16:02:45 +0100 poland-battles-to-keep-germans-on-hook-for-auschwitz