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BKA complains about a high number of anti-Semitic crimes
A hole can be seen in the shattered glass pane of a display case in front of the Tiergarten town hall in Berlin. photo
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According to the BKA president, the authorities have recorded an increase in anti-Semitic crimes since the Hamas attack on Israel in October. He appeals.
The President of the Federal Criminal Police Office has reported a drastic increase in anti-Semitic criminal offenses complained about. “The dimension in the area of these crimes is new,” said Holger Münch to the “Neue Zürcher Zeitung” (Tuesday). He emphasized that anti-Semitism has increased on both the left and right spectrum, but is also imported.
“Many people have come to our country from regions where Israel is seen as an enemy and where the idea prevails that Jews must be fought,” said Münch. This anti-Semitism imported from abroad must be named and action taken against it.
That’s why it’s important that immigrants also engage with German history as well as German attitudes and values, said Münch. “We need to be even clearer about what our expectations are of everyone living here in Germany,” said Münch. It must be clear that certain values, particularly based on German history, are inviolable. Münch cited Israel’s right to exist and the safety of Jews in Germany as examples.
According to Münch, the German authorities have registered more than 4,700 crimes in connection with the terrorist attacks on Israel since the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7th. These are often anti-Semitic crimes such as damage to property, propaganda or incitement to hatred.