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Berlin Reports 2,122 Antisemitic Offenses as CDU Seeks Tighter Protest Rules

The figures surfaced in an interior ministry reply to a parliamentary query that BILD published.

Overview

  • Official data list 2,122 politically motivated antisemitic offenses in the latest year, including 60 violent crimes.
  • Police recorded 901 such offenses in 2023 and 1,622 in 2024 before the latest rise.
  • BILD reports 1,402 politically motivated crimes were logged under the police category of “foreign ideology,” including 47 violent cases.
  • According to police classifications, that category primarily covers offenses with a Turkey reference such as PKK- and Kurdish-related incidents.
  • CDU legislator Timur Husein cites the trend to propose changes to assembly law that would allow bans on antisemitic demonstrations.