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Alice Weidel AfD co-leader
May 2, 2025, 10:57 am
Germany’s AfD party is designated as far-right extremist
The party, which has attempted to appeal to Jewish voters in recent years, has been dogged with scandals around antisemitism
By Lee Harpin
President Josef Schuster at the opening of the New Synagogue in Magdeburg
February 24, 2025, 12:36 pm
German Jewish leaders express ‘shock’ at far-right election swing
Central Council of Jews of Germany say: 'It must concern us all that a fifth of German voters are voting for a party that is at least partially right-wing extremist'
By Lee Harpin
Berlin's Reichstag Building (Credit: Jürgen Matern, Wikipedia Commons, www.commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3064083)
December 4, 2019, 11:10 am
Urn placed near German parliament contains ashes of Shoah victims, group says
The Central Council of Jews in Germany and the International Auschwitz Committee condemned the urn and its contents
By JTA
Leader of AfD Alice Weidel and Deputy Leader Alexander Gauland in April 2017
September 25, 2018, 2:27 pm
Jewish backers of Germany’s far-right AfD establish support group
As the party gains popularity around issues of immigration in particular, some Jews want to add their voice of backing
By JTA
Oskar Groening in court
January 1, 2018, 3:05 pm
Court rules Auschwitz guard, 96, must serve prison sentence
Oskar Groening will spend time behind bars for his role in the murder of 300,000 Hungarian Jews at Auschwitz
By JTA
A British (R) and a German passport, in Berlin. (Photo: Britta Pedersen/dpa)
September 6, 2017, 9:36 am
Ex-pat in Germany offers to help British Jews apply for citizenship
Veronica Maguire from Glasgow volunteers to provide free interpretation and translation services to those applying for German passports
By Jewish News Reporter
German coach Joachim Löw said fans brought "shame to their country"
September 3, 2017, 9:02 pm
German football coach ‘full of anger’ after fans shout ‘Sieg Heil’
National team's manager Joachim Low said supporters shouting Nazi-era chants 'bring shame on our country'
By JTA
Topics Bookstore (Source: Topics on Facebook)
July 26, 2017, 5:05 pm
Israeli-owned Berlin bookstore closes amid pressure from left
Co-owner of the Topics book store, Doron Hamburger said the main reason for closure was 'financial', partially due to pressure from activists
By JTA
Margaret Bergmann Lambert, an outstanding high jumper, dies aged 103
July 26, 2017, 10:28 am
Jewish athlete barred from 1936 Berlin Olympics dies at 103
High jumper Margaret Bergmann Lambert, who was prevented from competing at the 'Nazi Olympics', passes away
By JTA
New Synagogue, Berlin
February 28, 2017, 3:37 pm
Anti-Semitic incidents rise 16 percent in Berlin
German-Jewish leaders call for a federal commissioner to help tackle rising Jew-hatred
By JTA
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