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GERMANY recorded 2,480 anti-semitic attacks last year, according to a damning new report.
In its annual report, the Berlin-based Department for Research & Information on Anti-Semitism (RIAS) said that while it registered a slight decrease in anti-semitic incidents in 2022 compared with the year before, there were nine incidents of extreme violence.
This average of just under seven incidents per day is the highest number of such cases since nationwide record-keeping began in 2017.
More often, however, “it is everyday situations in which Jews are confronted with anti-semitism,” Benjamin Steinitz, the head of RIAS, told reporters.
Many anti-semitic hate crimes also include tropes linked to Jews or conspiracy theories.
Thirteen per cent of incidents were linked to right-wing extremism while 53 per cent could not be clearly linked to a specific political background.
Jews who are exposed to anti-semitism in Germany can contact RIAS. The organisation not only documents the incidents but also helps those concerned with further contacts with police combating anti-semitism and groups helping victims of Jew hatred.
