Antisemitism in Germany
137 media-documented antisemitic events in Germany (2019–present): interactive map, yearly trends, official statistics and cited sources.
← All countries on the mapLocations are approximate (city level).Incidents shown: 0
Official count vs media coverage
Official statistics measure incidents; this archive measures how many events reached media and open databases. The gap shows how much stays under-covered.
Official annual figures
Germany
Several bodies count this country — a community monitor, the police, EU-wide reporting. They measure different things on different definitions; the bars share a scale but are not rival estimates of one number.
Antisemitic attitudes
How widespread antisemitic beliefs are in the wider population, from ADL's Global 100 opinion survey. This is not a count of incidents and cannot be compared with one — a country can hold few recorded incidents and widespread prejudice, or the reverse.
- change since 2014
- -18 pts
- worldwide
- 46%
Share of adults agreeing with a majority of 11 tested antisemitic stereotypes. Survey waves are years apart and country panels change between them. ADL Global 100: An Index of Antisemitism ↗
Media coverage by year
By category
Most affected cities
- Berlin18
- Munich5
- Oldenburg2
- Chemnitz2
- Bautzen1
- Zeitz1
- Potsdam1
- Erfurt1
Media-documented events
- GermanyAuto-collected from news
Alemania. Würzburg: ataque antisemita por portar un prendedor con la bandera de Israel
Source: - AJN Agencia de Noticias ↗ - GermanyAuto-collected from news
Germany: Planned a terror attack at a synagogue and blew his fingers off
Source: Israel National News ↗ - GermanyAuto-collected from news
Vergangenes Jahr gab es 3.176 rechts und antisemitisch motivierte Angriffe in Deutschland
Source: n-tv.de ↗ - Munich, GermanyAuto-collected from news
Knobloch schlägt Alarm: Jüdisches Leben auch in München bedroht
Source: t-online – München ↗ - Berlin, GermanyAuto-collected from newsSource: Tagesspiegel ↗
- Berlin, GermanyCurated entry
Kippa-wearing man with children attacked in Berlin-Charlottenburg
Source: Tagesspiegel ↗ - Berlin, GermanyAuto-collected from news
Antisemitism: Jewish father and his children attacked in Berlin
Source: Antisemitic Incidents Tracker · Israelnationalnews.com ↗ - Berlin, GermanyAuto-collected from news
Berlin police arrest man after antisemitic assault in Charlottenburg - The Jerusalem Post
Source: Antisemitic Incidents Tracker · Google News (UK/EN) ↗ - Berlin, GermanyAuto-collected from news
Jewish Student Leader Targeted in Two Antisemitic Incidents in Berlin
Source: Antisemitic Incidents Tracker · Algemeiner ↗ - Berlin, GermanyAuto-collected from news
Hass-Attacke in Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg: Als er seine Sprache nennt, rastet die Frau aus
Source: Antisemitic Incidents Tracker · TAG24 ↗ - Bautzen, GermanyCurated entry
Jewish cemetery in Bautzen defaced with swastikas and SS runes
Source: Amadeu Antonio Stiftung ↗ - Berlin, GermanyCurated entry
Tourist stabbed at Berlin Holocaust Memorial by attacker seeking to kill Jews
Source: Wikipedia ↗ - GermanyAuto-collected from news
A Holocaust memorial stumbling stone was removed from a pavement by unknown individuals at night. Police investigated the incident as a possible hate crime.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - Berlin, GermanyCurated entry
Makkabi Berlin youth players insulted, spat on and chased after match
Source: Tagesspiegel ↗ - GermanyAuto-collected from news
Several people were physically assaulted and subjected to anti-Roma and anti-Semitic insults by a group of men on bikes.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - GermanyAuto-collected from news
Jewish worshippers at a synagogue were threatened by a person armed with an automatic weapon who attempted to enter the building during a Shabbat service. The perpetrator, who had links to hate groups, was stopped by a security guard and neutralized by police officers.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - Munich, GermanyCurated entry
Gunman fires at Israeli consulate and Nazi documentation center in Munich
Source: Wikipedia ↗ - GermanyAuto-collected from news
A jointly owned Israeli-Palestinian restaurant was vandalized after holding a Jewish-Muslim brunch.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - GermanyAuto-collected from news
Memorial stones were knocked off tombstones in a Jewish cemetery by a woman who subjected a tour group to racial insults.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - GermanyAuto-collected from news
A German Israeli Society exhibition was vandalized with anti-Semitic symbols including a swastika and a slogan related to the conflict in the Middle East.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - GermanyAuto-collected from news
A synagogue was attacked with a Molotov cocktail, damaging the door.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - Oldenburg, GermanyCurated entry
Incendiary device thrown at Oldenburg synagogue door
Source: buten un binnen ↗ - Oldenburg, GermanyCurated entry
Molotov cocktail thrown at Oldenburg synagogue
Source: Jewish Telegraphic Agency ↗ - GermanyAuto-collected from news
Two 13-year-old girls wearing hijabs - one from Libya and one from Russia - were threatened with violence and subjected to anti-Muslim, anti-Semitic and misogynist insults by two women in a park.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - GermanyAuto-collected from news
A university was vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - GermanyAuto-collected from news
A fence bearing a Star of David in a Jewish cemetery was damaged.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - GermanyAuto-collected from news
Anti-Semitic symbols were drawn outside a school.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - GermanyAuto-collected from news
A memorial plaque to Jewish history was vandalized.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - GermanyAuto-collected from news
A man was physically assaulted and subjected to anti-Semitic insults in front of a synagogue.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - GermanyAuto-collected from news
Several men were physically assaulted by persons shouting anti-Semitic slogans.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - GermanyAuto-collected from news
Five men were physically assaulted by persons shouting anti-Semitic slogans. Two of the victims were injured.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - GermanyAuto-collected from news
A visibly Jewish man wearing a Star of David necklace was subjected to harassing behaviour and anti-Semitic insults on the street.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - GermanyAuto-collected from news
The fence of a Jewish cemetery was vandalized with swastika graffiti.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - GermanyAuto-collected from news
A Jewish memorial column was vandalized with paint.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - GermanyAuto-collected from news
A Canadian rabbi was subjected to harassing behaviour by a person who performed a Nazi salute while shouting anti-Semitic remarks at the airport.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - GermanyAuto-collected from news
A hallway of a residential building was vandalized with anti-Semitic and anti-Muslim graffiti.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - GermanyAuto-collected from news
A Jewish student was severely beaten during an argument about the conflict in the Middle East.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - Berlin, GermanyCurated entry
Jewish student Lahav Shapira severely beaten in Berlin
Source: Jewish Telegraphic Agency ↗ - GermanyAuto-collected from news
A 72-year-old Jewish man was hit in the face and subjected to anti-Semitic insults by a woman.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - GermanyAuto-collected from news
The wall of a house owned by a family of Turkish descent was vandalized with anti-Muslim and anti-Semitic graffiti.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - GermanyAuto-collected from news
A man and woman speaking Hebrew were physically assaulted by two Arabic-speaking men in a fast food restaurant.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - GermanyAuto-collected from news
A Jewish woman was pushed by two women after they noticed the Hebrew script and Israeli flag on her phone in a shopping centre.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - Berlin, GermanyCurated entry
Suspected Hamas members arrested in Berlin over weapons cache plot
Source: German Federal Prosecutor General ↗ - GermanyAuto-collected from news
An 18-year-old Syrian woman was kicked and harassed by a man uttering racist and anti-Semitic insults at a tram stop. Two Syrian and Egyptian young persons were also targeted and one was kicked by the same perpetrator.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - GermanyAuto-collected from news
A government official was physically assaulted by three neo-Nazis who disrupted an event commemorating Kristallnacht.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - Erfurt, GermanyCurated entry
Memorial notes set on fire outside Erfurt's New Synagogue
Source: junge Welt ↗ - Berlin, GermanyCurated entry
Molotov cocktails thrown at Berlin synagogue complex
Source: Times of Israel ↗ - Berlin, GermanyCurated entry
Firework thrown at Hebrew-speaking couple in Berlin-Neukölln
Source: Tagesspiegel ↗ - GermanyAuto-collected from news
Several participants were spat at by a group during rally in solidarity with Israel.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - Augsburg, GermanyCurated entry
Israeli flag torn down at Augsburg town hall and set on fire
Source: Bayerische Staatszeitung ↗ - Chemnitz, GermanyCurated entry
Man knocked down and kicked near pro-Israel rally in Chemnitz
Source: Freie Presse ↗ - Köthen, GermanyCurated entry
More than 40 Jewish graves desecrated in Köthen
Source: European Jewish Congress ↗ - GermanyAuto-collected from news
A man was hit while being subjected to anti-Semitic comments by another man at a Holocaust memorial.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - GermanyAuto-collected from news
A man was subjected to anti-Semitic threats and insults on the street.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - GermanyAuto-collected from news
Iran said behind attacks on German synagogues , threat to local Jewish council leader
Source: timesofisrael.com ↗ - GermanyAuto-collected from news
Iran said suspected of attacks on German synagogues , threat to local Jewish leader
Source: timesofisrael.com ↗ - GermanyAuto-collected from news
Iran allegedly behind attacks on German synagogues
Source: ynetnews.com ↗ - GermanyAuto-collected from news
Iran IRGC responsible for antisemitic attacks in Germany - report
Source: jpost.com ↗ - Essen, GermanyCurated entry
Shots fired at former rabbi's residence by Essen Old Synagogue
Source: Euronews ↗ - Bochum, GermanyCurated entry
Molotov cocktail thrown at school next to Bochum synagogue
Source: Berliner Zeitung ↗ - GermanyAuto-collected from news
Members of the Jewish community were targeted in a bomb threat on the anniversary of Kristallnacht.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - GermanyAuto-collected from news
Participants of an event to commemorate Kristallnacht had eggs thrown at them on the anniversary of the anti-Semitic pogrom.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - GermanyAuto-collected from news
A man visibly identifiable as Jewish and speaking Hebrew was pushed and subjected to insults by a passerby due to his Jewish identity.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - GermanyAuto-collected from news
Participants in an event commemorating Kristallnacht were physically assaulted by members of an organized hate group due to their perceived Jewish identity. Prior to the incident, a member of the group had spat on a memorial to the pogroms.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - GermanyAuto-collected from news
Several activists at an anti-fascist youth association were pelted with beer bottles and stones while being subjected to anti-Semitic insults by members of an organized hate group. The perpetrators also made an anti-Semitic gesture.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - GermanyAuto-collected from news
A person was physically assaulted while laying a Stolpersteine stone to commemorate the victims of the Holocaust.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - Berlin, GermanyAuto-collected from news
La police de Berlin enquête sur deux agressions anti - juives dans des trains
Source: fr.timesofisrael.com ↗ - Berlin, GermanyCurated entry
Rabbi assaulted and insulted at Berlin subway station
Source: Berliner Zeitung ↗ - Waldkraiburg, GermanyCurated entry
Concentration camp memorial defaced with swastikas in Waldkraiburg
Source: taz ↗ - GermanyAuto-collected from news
A group of Israeli athletes were threatened by a security guard who performed an anti-Semitic gesture near a memorial to the 1972 Olympic attack, during which Israeli athletes were murdered.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - Weimar, GermanyCurated entry
Memorial trees for Buchenwald victims chopped down
Source: Times of Israel ↗ - Kassel, GermanyCurated entry
Antisemitic imagery displayed at Documenta art exhibition
Source: Times of Israel ↗ - GermanyAuto-collected from news
A person associated with the Jewish community was threatened and subjected to anti-Semitic insults by members of a conspiracy group.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - GermanyAuto-collected from news
A couple, including a Jewish man wearing a kippah, was threatened with violence while travelling in a car by three men uttering anti-Semitic insults. The perpetrators followed the victims to a car park and hit and spat on their car.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - GermanyAuto-collected from news
A family was threatened when they received a letter containing racist, anti-Ukrainian and anti-Semitic threats and insults. The incident occurred after the victims housed a Ukrainian family and hung a Ukrainian flag on their house.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - GermanyAuto-collected from news
The security staff of a synagogue were threatened with violence by two men due to their perceived Jewish identity.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - GermanyAuto-collected from news
An Israeli woman was punched in the face by a man in the street.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - GermanyAuto-collected from news
A male Jewish landlord was threatened and subjected to anti-Semitic insults by a female tenant.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - GermanyAuto-collected from news
A person was threatened when a burning pizza box was left on their doorstep alongside an anti-Semitic message due to their perceived Jewish identity.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - GermanyAuto-collected from news
A person visibly identifiable as Jewish was threatened by two men shouting anti-Semitic insults.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - GermanyAuto-collected from news
A female student at a Jewish school was threatened by a perpetrator shouting anti-Semitic slogans at a bus stop near the school.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - GermanyAuto-collected from news
A Jewish woman was threatened and subjected to anti-Semitic and gender-based insults by her male neighbour.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - GermanyAuto-collected from news
A Jewish man was threatened when harassed by his neighbour who addressed him with Nazi slogans due to his Jewish identity.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - GermanyAuto-collected from news
Stolpersteine stones commemorating victims of the Holocaust were stolen and discarded in a bush.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - GermanyAuto-collected from news
A man was ordered to shout anti-Israel slogans and, upon refusing, was beaten and kicked unconscious by three perpetrators. The victim sustained severe head injuries. Similar incidents occurred at the time in relation to the Israel-Palestine conflict.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - Berlin, GermanyCurated entry
Former Israeli soldier attacked with tear gas at Berlin S-Bahn station
Source: Tagesspiegel ↗ - Berlin, GermanyAuto-collected from news
Maccabi Haifa fans get antisemitic abuse at Berlin stadium built by Nazis
Source: timesofisrael.com ↗ - Berlin, GermanyAuto-collected from news
Haifa fans face antisemitic abuse in Berlin Olympiastadion
Source: normantranscript.com ↗ - Hagen, GermanyCurated entry
Islamist plot to attack Hagen synagogue on Yom Kippur foiled
Source: JTA ↗ - GermanyAuto-collected from news
Jewish worshippers at a synagogue were threatened in an attempted bomb attack by members of a hate group on the eve of Yom Kippur.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗
Antisemitism by country
- United States7061
- United Kingdom922
- Italy761
- Spain257
- Poland250
- Netherlands242
- France239
- Ukraine140
- Germany137
- Canada127
- Switzerland103
- Austria82
- Australia76
- Russia60
- Belgium57
- Argentina55
- Czechia52
- Hungary49
- Greece45
- Lithuania33
- Brazil33
- Turkey32
- Bulgaria27
- Serbia22
- Sweden21
- Iran17
- Romania17
- New Zealand16
- Chile15
- South Africa12
- Ireland11
- Mexico10
- Denmark10
- Portugal8
- Norway7
- Belarus7
- Georgia6
- Croatia6
- North Macedonia5
- Moldova5
- Malaysia5
- Armenia5
- Colombia5
- Slovakia5
- Algeria4
- Tunisia4
- Finland4
- Pakistan4
- Estonia3
- Azerbaijan3
- Uruguay3
- United Arab Emirates3
- China3
- Kuwait3
- India3
- Latvia3
- Kazakhstan2
- Japan2
- Egypt2
- Saudi Arabia2
- Cyprus1
- Morocco1
- Peru1
- Lebanon1
- Slovenia1
- Sri Lanka1
- Qatar1
- Venezuela1
- Vietnam1
- Nicaragua1
- Luxembourg1
- Syria1
- Indonesia1
- Singapore1
- Paraguay1
- Jordan1
- Ethiopia1
- Bosnia and Herzegovina1
- Mauritania1
- Iceland1