Germany

What Frederick Forsyth grasped about antisemitism and Israel

Re-reading The Odessa File, I was struck by his deep hatred of Nazism and support for the Jewish state

By Nicholas Lezard

3 min read

The cover of Frederick Forsyth's 'The Odessa File' (Courtesy)

The Left's leadership celebrate Sunday's election results (Image: Getty Images)

By Philipp Peyman Engel

The anti-Israel far-left takes Berlin – with Hamas sympathisers in tow

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German Chancellor and leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party, Friedrich Merz, attends a press conference in Berlin on September 21, 2026, the day after state elections in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Berlin. The CDU fared disastrously in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, finishing way behind the winning far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party. In Berlin, the CDU finished second behind the leftist Die Linke party. (Photo Getty Images)

Germany

“Jewish life is no longer safe in Germany,” says the country’s Chancellor

By Hayley Cregor

1 min read

Defence

Israeli defence giant to produce Iron Dome parts at German Volkwagen plant

By Melanie Swan

1 min read

(L-R) Alice Weidel, co-chairwoman of the AfD parliamentary group in the Bundestag, Ulrich Siegmund, the party’s lead candidate in the Saxony-Anhalt state election, and Tino Chrupalla, co-chairman of the AfD parliamentary group, celebrate the first exit poll in Magdeburg, Germany, on September 6 (Image: Getty Images)

By Josef Joffe

The AfD’s rise threatens not German democracy, but German reliability

5 min read

AfD co-chairs Alice Weidel (L) and Tino Chrupalla (R), with AfD lead candidate Ulrich Siegmund (C), celebrate the results of the first exit poll projecting an AfD win in the Saxony-Anhalt state elections at the Messe Trade Fair Halls in Magdeburg, Germany, on September 6, 2026 (Getty Images)

Germany

German Jewish Leader ‘personally horrified’ as far-right AfD scores historic election victory

By Rob Hyde

2 min read

The first volume of Da’at Hadorot will be in German classrooms during the coming the new school year. (Ernst Klett Verlag / Collage: Börsenblatt/Central Council of Jews)

Germany

German schools to get Jewish religious education books as part of curriculum for first time since Holocaust

By Rob Hyde

2 min read

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German investigators identify ‘Hitler-fixated’ suspect of deadly 1970 Jewish care home arson

Munich prosecutors said they believed the arsonist was a neo-Nazi

By JC Reporter

1 min read

August 21, 2026 11:22

The Munich fire brigade tries to extinguish the fire at No 27, Reichenbachstrasse, on 13 February 1970 (Image: City of Munich, KVR, Fire Department)

German court rules that Israel-Nazi comparisons are protected speech

The court also ruled that the Instagram posts did not violate the country’s strict laws against Holocaust trivialisation

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

August 4, 2026 11:42

German flags on the Reichstag building on July 26, 2026 (Getty Images)

Bob Vylan frontman was deported from Germany over ‘death to IDF’ chant and ‘Hamas propaganda’

The punk-rap singer described the decision as ‘frankly absurd’

By Rob Hyde

1 min read

July 31, 2026 15:21

Bobby Vylan of Bob Vylan performs next to a Palestinian flag at Release Athens Festival 2025 in Athens, Greece, on July 4, 2025 (Getty Images)

German postal service allows Star of David stamp after U-turn

Deutsche Post originally said the design ‘didn’t meet the guidelines’ as it was too political

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

July 29, 2026 14:21

A Deutsche Post delivery rider (Getty Images)

New German ambassador to Israel starts term with Yad Vashem visit

Alexander Lambsdorff said the two nations share a ‘wonderful and incredible relationship,’ but recognised it was ‘built on a very painful history’

1 min read

July 28, 2026 11:45

Ambassador-designate of Germany to Israel Alexander Lambsdorff (L) shakes hands with Yad Vashem Chairman Dani Dayan (R) during a visit to the Holocaust memorial and museum in Jerusalem on July 27, 2026 (Germany Embassy in Tel Aviv)

Germany or the UK? Where is it better to be a gay Jew in 2026?

Ahead of Berlin Pride this weekend, Leon Craig explains why she moved to the German capital, one of the only European cities with a growing Jewish population

By Leon Craig

6 min read

July 24, 2026 12:58

Ich bin ein Berliner: Leon Craig in her adoptive city (Photo: Sasha Ongley)

‘Antisemitic’ pro-Gaza walk past Holocaust memorial stones in Berlin is scrapped

Event ditched after Jewish group branded it a ‘calculated transgression of boundaries’

By Rob Hyde

2 min read

July 6, 2026 12:54

Stolpersteine in Berlin commemorating the Jewish Cohn family, most of whom perished in the Holocaust. (Getty Images)

Prison guard at Nazi PoW camp under investigation for ‘murder’

Thousands died of starvation, neglect and disease at Stalag Senne in Germany

By Rob Hyde

2 min read

June 24, 2026 12:47

9th April 1945. The US 9th army liberating Stalag 326, another German PoW camp where Soviet troops were held. At this camp, 30,000 Soviet prisoners died during the war. (Getty Images)

Man on trial accused of tracking Jewish figures as targets for Iran-backed attacks

The suspect, a Danish national of Afghan origin, is accused of helping the overseas arm of the IRGC prepare prospective murders and arson attacks

By Rob Hyde

1 min read

June 19, 2026 12:40

View of the Hanseatic courthouse in Hamburg, Germany (Getty Images)

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Germany

What Frederick Forsyth grasped about antisemitism and Israel

The anti-Israel far-left takes Berlin – with Hamas sympathisers in tow

“Jewish life is no longer safe in Germany,” says the country’s Chancellor

Israeli defence giant to produce Iron Dome parts at German Volkwagen plant

The AfD’s rise threatens not German democracy, but German reliability

German Jewish Leader ‘personally horrified’ as far-right AfD scores historic election victory

German schools to get Jewish religious education books as part of curriculum for first time since Holocaust

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