Overview
- RIAS Berlin, which released its 2025 report Wednesday, logged 2,197 incidents, a 13% drop from 2024 yet still more than double pre‑2023 levels.
- The count includes about 40 physical attacks, including a February 21st knife assault at the Holocaust Memorial whose attacker was sentenced in March to 13 years.
- Investigators documented antisemitic acts at a record 239 protests, with chants that praised the October 7 Hamas attack and with slogans that cast “Zionism” as a target.
- Victims reported threats on trains, campuses, and streets, and many now avoid wearing Jewish symbols or speaking Hebrew in public for safety.
- Parallel reports show rises elsewhere, with Cologne recording 321 cases in 2025 and Hessen about 1,099, figures that observers say reflect both more incidents and wider reporting.