Antisemitism in Greece
45 media-documented antisemitic events in Greece (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
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
- -19 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
- Thessaloniki5
- Athens3
Media-documented events
- Thessaloniki, GreeceCurated entry
Far-left activists conduct 'anti-Zionist patrol' targeting Israelis in Thessaloniki
Source: Wikipedia ↗ - GreeceAuto-collected from news
The exterior wall of a synagogue was vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - GreeceAuto-collected from news
Staff members of a Jewish organization were repeatedly threatened with violence and subjected to anti-Semitic and anti-Israeli insults and comments via email. This was one in a series of similar incidents.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - GreeceAuto-collected from news
Several Jewish people were repeatedly threatened over the phone. This was one in a series of similar incidents.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - GreeceAuto-collected from news
A private home and a public space were vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - GreeceAuto-collected from news
Several public spaces were vandalized with anti-Semitic and xenophobic graffiti written in Hebrew. This was one in a series of similar incidents.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - GreeceAuto-collected from news
Staff members of a Jewish organization were repeatedly threatened with violence and subjected to anti-Semitic insults by a man via email and telephone.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - GreeceAuto-collected from news
Several public spaces were vandalized with anti-Semitic and xenophobic graffiti written in Hebrew. This was one in a series of similar incidents.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - GreeceAuto-collected from news
An Arab-Israeli tourist was physically assaulted after being mistakenly perceived as Jewish.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - Athens, GreeceCurated entry
Flammable material thrown at Athens synagogue entrance
Source: Times of Israel ↗ - GreeceAuto-collected from news
An Israeli-owned hotel was targeted in an arson attack. This was one in a series of incidents targeting Jewish sites to occur in the area at the time.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - GreeceAuto-collected from news
A synagogue was set on fire by three men who poured petrol on the entrance. This was one in a series of incidents targeting Jewish sites to occur in the area on the same day.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - GreeceAuto-collected from news
A kosher restaurant was targeted in an arson attack by unknown persons. This was one in a series of incidents targeting Jewish sites to occur in the area at the time.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - GreeceAuto-collected from news
The entrance gate to a museum was vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti inciting violence against Zionists.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - GreeceAuto-collected from news
Several public spaces were vandalized with anti-Semitic and xenophobic graffiti written in Hebrew.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - GreeceAuto-collected from news
The house of a French-Jewish woman was vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - GreeceAuto-collected from news
The office of an Israeli maritime company was targeted with homemade explosive devices by a hate group.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - GreeceAuto-collected from news
A Jewish cemetery was vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti inciting violence against Jewish people.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - GreeceAuto-collected from news
A Holocaust monument was vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti related to the conflict in the Middle East.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - Thessaloniki, GreeceCurated entry
Holocaust mural defaced with 'Jews = Nazis'
Source: Greek Reporter ↗ - Athens, GreeceCurated entry
Plot to attack Jewish restaurant-synagogue in Athens foiled
Source: Greek City Times ↗ - Thessaloniki, GreeceCurated entry
Holocaust deportation mural daubed with swastikas
Source: Al Arabiya English ↗ - GreeceAuto-collected from news
Holocaust memorial in Greece desecrated for the fourth time
Source: israelnationalnews.com ↗ - Thessaloniki, GreeceCurated entry
Holocaust memorial at Thessaloniki university desecrated with swastika
Source: Greek Reporter ↗ - Thessaloniki, GreeceCurated entry
Holocaust memorial at Aristotle University defaced with swastikas
Source: Greek Reporter ↗ - GreeceAuto-collected from news
A grave in a Jewish cemetery was vandalized for the second time in just over a month.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - GreeceAuto-collected from news
A grave in a Jewish cemetery was vandalized. The cemetery had previously been targeted in similar incidents.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - GreeceAuto-collected from news
A monument to victims of the Holocaust was damaged and vandalized with Christian symbols and inscriptions. A nearby memorial building that used to serve as a prison for Jews was vandalized with similar anti-Semitic graffiti.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - GreeceAuto-collected from news
A monument to the victims of the Holocaust and a synagogue wall were vandalized with graffiti depicting Christian symbols and inscriptions by a man wearing a cassock and holding an icon. The incident was prosecuted as a hate crime
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - GreeceAuto-collected from news
A monument to victims of the Holocaust was vandalized when anti-Semitic insults were sprayed over it. The incident occurred in the same month that a court ruled that a far-right political party was a criminal organization.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - GreeceAuto-collected from news
A wall of a monument to Jewish soldiers, situated in a Jewish cemetery, was vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti. The incident occurred in the same month that a court ruled that a far-right political party was a criminal organization.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - GreeceAuto-collected from news
Four tombs at a Jewish cemetery were damaged. The incident occurred in the same month a court ruled that a far-right political party was a criminal organization.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - GreeceAuto-collected from news
A wall at the entrance of a Jewish cemetery was vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti containing Nazi symbols. The incident occurred in the same month when a court ruled that a far-right political party was a criminal organization.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - GreeceAuto-collected from news
A war monument was vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - GreeceAuto-collected from news
A war monument was vandalized with graffiti containing anti-Semitic insults and Christian symbols.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - GreeceAuto-collected from news
A wall of a Jewish cemetery was vandalized with graffiti depicting a cross and the acronym of a political party.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - GreeceAuto-collected from news
The fence of a monument to victims of the Holocaust was damaged, and the metal star of David on it was torn down.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - GreeceAuto-collected from news
An area in front of a primary school was vandalized with anti-Semitic, threatening and swastika graffiti.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - GreeceAuto-collected from news
A memorial commemorating the 13,000 Greek Jewish children killed during the Holocaust was vandalized with neo-Nazi and swastika graffiti.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - GreeceAuto-collected from news
A stolperstein stone commemorating Greek Jewish victims of the Holocaust was vandalized when the text on the stone was erased using a sharp object.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - GreeceAuto-collected from news
A Holocaust memorial was vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - GreeceAuto-collected from news
A memorial commemorating victims of the Holocaust was vandalized.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - GreeceAuto-collected from news
A Jewish cemetery was vandalized when memorial plaques were destroyed and marble slabs were broken. The cemetery had previously been targeted in similar incidents.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - GreeceAuto-collected from news
A Holocaust memorial was destroyed. A monument commemorating local Jewish Holocaust victims was destroyed when the menorah and Star of David were broken and stones in the memorial overturned days before the International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The memorial has been vandalized twice before.
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