Tag: Germany
Friend of Anne Frank’s opens up about German official who saved her family
A friend of Anne Frank’s from Amsterdam released a new memoir about the little known German official and lawyer Hans Calmeyer, who saved her family and others from the Holocaust.
In Shedding Our Stars: A Story of Hans...
Pompeo visits synagogue in Halle, Germany; reaffirms battle against anti-Semitism
HALLE, GERMANY—U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas and Jewish Agency chairman Isaac Herzog attended a Thursday-night memorial service at the synagogue in Halle, Germany, which one month ago was...
‘Kipah’ thrown in trash in apparent anti-Semitic attack at German gym
Police are investigating an apparent anti-Semitic attack at a gym in the German city of Freiburg.
In a Facebook post, Samuel Kantorovych, 19, said he was attacked on Tuesday night while wearing a kipah he started wearing...
EU warns nuclear deal in danger as Iran activates Fordow facility
In the latest violation of the 2015 Iran nuclear accord, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday that Iran would resume centrifuge operations at its Fordow underground nuclear facility, according to the AFP.
“Starting from tomorrow...
German government condemns neo-Nazi ‘hit list,’ death threats to politicians
German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government on Monday issued a harsh condemnation of death threats recently sent to two German politicians by a neo-Nazi group, the AFP reported.
Two leading Green Party politicians, Cem Ozdemir and Claudia Roth,...
Poll: Majority of Germans express alarm over anti-Semitism following synagogue attack
A majority of Germans expressed that “a lot more” anti-Semitism has spread throughout their country, according to a new poll taken one week after the Oct. 9 attack on a synagogue in the German...
How sincere is German political remorse over Halle synagogue attack on Yom Kippur?
“The background is still unclear.”
That was the refrain that German broadcasters repeated throughout Yom Kippur on Oct. 9 as news of the attempted attack on the Halle synagogue that killed two bystanders came to...
Two victims of synagogue attack in Germany identified
The two victims of the Wednesday attack on a synagogue in Halle, Germany, on Yom Kippur, have been identified.
German pop-music enthusiast Jana Lange, 40, and outdoor painter Kevin S., 20, were shot and killed...
Germany has allowed anti-Semitism to flourish once again
As I write these lines in Jerusalem, Yom Kippur has just come to an end. The news has just reached us that during the holiday, a synagogue was attacked in the German city of...
Israeli, Jewish leaders respond to Yom Kippur attack on synagogue in Germany
Israeli and Jewish leaders issued messages of solidarity and calls for action after a neo-Nazi gunned down two people and injured several others in Halle, Germany, on Wednesday, during the Jewish holiday of Yom...