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German antisemitism czar is accused of ‘Jew-hatred’

Michael Blume, Baden-Württemberg’s state commissioner for combating antisemitism, accused the 'father of the Israel Defence Forces' of being a “murderer”.

By Benjamin Weinthal

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German antisemitism czar is accused of ‘Jew-hatred’

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (6thL) and Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid (4thR) pose with Holocaust survivors in front of the House of the Wannsee Conference (Haus der Wannseekonferenz) in Berlin, Germany, on September 12, 2022. (Photo by ANNEGRET HILSE / POOL / AFP) (Photo by ANNEGRET HILSE/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

German government to pay Holocaust survivors a further £1 billion

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BERLIN, GERMANY - SEPTEMBER 06: Israeli President Isaac Herzog (L) and German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier visit the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, also called the Holocaust Memorial, following Herzog's speech at the Bundestag during a state visit to Germany on September 06, 2022 in Berlin, Germany. The two countries will soon mark the 70th anniversary of the Reparations Agreement Between Israel and West Germany of 1952, also called the Luxembourg Agreement, in which West Germany agreed to a schedule of reparations payments to Israel to further reconciliation between the two countries following the Holocaust. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

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By Daniel Marwecki

The 70th anniversary of the German Reparations Agreement gives little cause for celebration

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The widow of killed fencing coach Andre Spitzer and representative of the relatives of the victims Ankie Spitzer speaks during a ceremony to mark the 50th anniversary of an attack on the 1972 Munich Olympics, at the Fuerstenfeldbruck Air Base, southern Germany, on September 5, 2022. - On September 5, 1972, eight gunmen of the Palestinian militant group Black September broke into the Israeli team's flat at the Olympic village in Munich, shooting dead two and taking nine Israelis hostage. West German police responded with a bungled rescue operation in which all nine hostages were killed, along with five of the eight hostage-takers and a police officer. The Games were meant to showcase a new Germany 27 years after the Holocaust but instead opened a deep rift with Israel. (Photo by THOMAS KIENZLE / AFP) (Photo by THOMAS KIENZLE/AFP via Getty Images)

'The hole in my heart will never heal' Families of Munich victims remember tragedy on 50th anniversary

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Book review: The Disappearance of Josef Mengele - The monster who hid from justice

Book review: The Disappearance of Josef Mengele - The monster who hid from justice

By David Herman

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TOPSHOT - A Palestinian guerilla member appears on the balcony of the Israeli house watching an official on September 05, 1972 at the Munich Olympic village. A group of "Black September" Palestinian guerrillas broke into the Israeli building in the Olypmpic village near Munich where 10,000 athletes were staying 05 September. Eleven Israeli hostages were killed in the attack. (Photo by EPU / AFP) (Photo by -/EPU/AFP via Getty Images)

Germany ups Munich massacre compensation offer after families brand it 'insulting'

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Kleine Hirschgraben, Frankfurt: Dad, self portrait

Stumbling towards a way to remember lost family

By Peter Bradley

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German police investigate Abbas over '50 Holocausts' remark

The PA leader made the statement in a joint press conference with Chancellor Olaf Scholz

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August 19, 2022 09:02

BERLIN, GERMANY - AUGUST 16: Mahmoud Abbas (L), President of the Palestinian National Authority, and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz shake hands after speaking to the media following talks at the Chancellery on August 16, 2022 in Berlin, Germany. The two leaders discussed bilateral issues, the current situation in the Palestinian territories as well as perspectives on a possible peace process between Palestine and Israel. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

German security guard arrested for doing Hitler salute in front of Israeli athletes

The athletes were visiting a memorial to the Israelis massacred at the 1972 Munich Olympics when the incident happened

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August 17, 2022 16:25

MUNICH, GERMANY - JUNE 01: Israels president Moshe Katsav is standing at a gridle of flowers in front of the memorial stone for the 11 Israeli athlets, who were killed during a terrorist attck during he Olympic Games 1972 in Munich, on June 1, 2005 in Munich, Germany. Katsav is on a two day visit in Germany. (Photo by Jan Pitman/Getty Images)

Mahmoud Abbas accuses Israel of ‘50 Holocausts' while sharing stage with Olaf Scholz

Chancellor Scholz is under fire in Germany for not challenging Abbas’ comments

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August 17, 2022 09:13

Mahmoud Abbas accuses Israel of ‘50 Holocausts' while sharing stage with Olaf Scholz

'Proof’ West Germany staged 1972 plane hijack to free Munich Olympics killers

The lawyers for the victims' families say they have found documents stating that the German government asked the Palestinian terror organisation to fake the hijack of a German plane

By Noga Tarnapolsky

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August 11, 2022 11:52

'Proof’ West Germany staged 1972 plane hijack to free Munich Olympics killers

Fury as top German uni votes to keep antisemite in its name

Eberhard Karl University in Tübingen, near Stuttgart, will not scrap its formal name despite calls for the change - Count Eberhard Im Bart was a virulent 15th-century antisemite who expelled all the Jews living in the city

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August 4, 2022 10:44

Fury as top German uni votes to keep antisemite in its name

Lufthansa to hire antisemitism manager after orthodox passengers barred from flight

The company will also adopt the IHRA definition of antisemitism

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August 1, 2022 13:48

Lufthansa to hire antisemitism manager after orthodox passengers barred from flight

Brainwashed: A New History of Thought Control book review - We have ways of making you believe what we want

A fascinating and chilling history of mind manipulation

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July 28, 2022 14:52

Brainwashed: A New History of Thought Control book review - We have ways of making you believe what we want

Berlin Holocaust memorial vandalised with swastikas and Nazi graffiti

The attack has been condemned as ‘twisted antisemitism’

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July 22, 2022 09:42

Berlin Holocaust memorial vandalised with swastikas and Nazi graffiti

Beleaguered British art director finds support in Germany

Alistair Hudson exhibited an allegedly antisemitic piece of artwork in Manchester

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July 20, 2022 15:51

Karlsruhe, Germany, August 5th 2018: ZKM Center for Art and Media. ZKM organizes special exhibitions and thematic events in the field of new media. It's building was formerly a munitions factory.

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