NazisPrison guard at Nazi PoW camp under investigation for ‘murder’Thousands died of starvation, neglect and disease at Stalag Senne in GermanyBy Rob Hyde2 min read
GermanyMan on trial accused of tracking Jewish figures as targets for Iran-backed attacksThe suspect, a Danish national of Afghan origin, is accused of helping the overseas arm of the IRGC prepare prospective murders and arson attacksBy Rob Hyde1 min read
GermanyWagner festival accused of silencing debate on composer’s antisemitism after cancelling talk by Jewish authorThe festival’s organisers have since apologised and the talk will go ahead as plannedBy Daniel Ben-David2 min read
GermanyAntisemitism becoming the “new normal” in Germany, warns Jewish leaderSerious incidents recorded included a woman who was choked and assaulted while cleaning a Holocaust memorial in Hamburg and a man in Coburg who was stabbed after being mistaken for a JewBy Rob Hyde1 min read
GermanyGermany foiled Hamas October 7 anniversary plotThe federal attorney general said the alleged operatives had already recorded a video claiming responsibility for the attack when authorities intervenedBy JC Reporter1 min read
GermanyTeenage 'Isis fanatic' accused of ‘hunting’ Jews on trial in GermanyProsecutors say Erjon S was radicalised by extremist material online and sought to join ‘jihad against perceived infidels’By Rob Hyde2 min read
GermanyCelebrated Berlin bakery closes saying staff suffered ‘constant abuse’ since October 7The owners of Babka & Krantz shut both their branches in the German capitalBy Mark Wood2 min read
Bneimitzvah service breathes Jewish life back into German shul not used since KristallnachtSibings Ida and Jack Levy are members of The Ark Synagogue in NorthwoodBy Alma Green2 min read||June 5, 2026 15:52
‘No Jews allowed’: German hotel removed from booking site over message to Israeli guests‘Are we back in the 1930s?’ asked Israel’s consul general in Germany following the incidentBy Daniel Ben-David1 min read||June 3, 2026 16:19
Polish tax protestor faces up to five years in prison over Auschwitz gate replicaThe man, known as Marius P, erected the structure as part of a demonstration outside a tax office in GermanyBy Jamie Shapiro1 min read||May 28, 2026 13:46
Syrian accused of plot to stab Jews and detonate bomb in Berlin suicide attackProsecutors claim he purchased materials online that could be used to build both explosive and incendiary devicesBy Rob Hyde1 min read||April 29, 2026 11:05
German state looks to make denial of Israel’s right to exist illegalThe State of Hesse also wants to criminalise anti-Israeli slogans such as ‘from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free’By Jamie Shapiro1 min read||April 28, 2026 11:47
‘You will not force us into ghettos again’: Israeli ministers hit out at Europe on eve of Yom HaShoahPrime Minister Netanyahu said the continent was ‘afflicted by profound moral weakness’, while Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich called on the German chancellor to ‘bow his head and apologise a thousand times’By Jacob Jaffa2 min read||April 14, 2026 10:58
Volkswagen in talks to convert car factory into Iron Dome manufacturing hubThe deal with Israel’s Rafael could save over 2,000 jobs at VW’s Osnabrück plant in GermanyBy Jamie Shapiro1 min read||March 25, 2026 12:14
Community leaders abandon exemption that allowed German Jews to avoid military serviceMove follows new legislation revising rules on military serviceBy Rob Hyde2 min read||March 5, 2026 16:27
Warning over ‘explosive’ rise in hatred in GermanyThe president of Central Council of Jews in Germany, Josef Schuster, says hostility towards Jews had reached a ‘new dimension’By Rob Hyde1 min read||February 25, 2026 12:01