In an interview following his meeting with US President Trump, Friedrich Merz used a controversial phrase to blame immigrants for a rise in antisemitism in Germany.
A house once inhabited by a Nazi commandant of the Auschwitz extermination camp will be turned into a research centre fighting against anti-Semitism and extremism, a US non-profit said on Wednesday.
Any effort to combat anti-Semitism should be uncontroversial. But a resolution passed in Germany is under fire by many - including from the Jewish community - who say it will limit freedom of expression. James Jackson analyses what's going on.
The German parliament on Thursday overwhelmingly backed a resolution aimed at tackling a spike in anti-Semitism linked to the war in Gaza - despite several protests.
Germany's ruling parties have agreed a landmark resolution on combatting anti-Semitism that will be put to parliament this week, political sources said Saturday.
Germany on Wednesday banned the Hamburg Islamic Centre, an association that has been under investigation for several months over its alleged support for Lebanon's Hezbollah group and its links to Iran.
Anti-Semitic acts rose sharply in Germany last year, especially after war broke out between Israel and Hamas in Gaza in October, according to new figures released on Tuesday.
Foreigners who want to naturalise as Germans will soon have to tackle a range of new questions that are being added to the citizenship test. Here's what to expect.
As part of its efforts to crack down on anti-Semitism, the German Interior Ministry will add multiple questions on Israel, the Holocaust and Germany's 'historic responsibility' to the citizenship test.
German officials will investigate how Berlin film festival winners were able to make "one-sided" comments condemning
Israel's war in Gaza at the event's finale, a government spokeswoman said on Monday.
This week's Berlin international film festival is wrestling on and off screen with the weight of the Nazi past and the menace of a resurgent far right.
Several thousand people turned out to demonstrate against anti-Semitism and racism in Berlin on Sunday as the Israel-Hamas war stirred painful memories of the past in Germany.
The first reading of Germany's dual citizenship law saw plenty of mud-slinging across the chamber as politicians butted heads over the issue of anti-Semitism, while the Interior Minister insisted Germany needed the law to attract skilled workers.
Germany's long-awaited citizenship reforms have been put back onto the parliamentary agenda with a number of suggested changes around racism and anti-Semitism. Here's how the process for becoming German could be tightened up in future.
A bill that would see foreigners with an 'anti-Semitic attitude' lose their rights to German citizenship will be debated in the Bundestag on Friday, along with plans to revoke citizenship from foreigners convicted of anti-Semitic crimes.
Hundreds of police Thursday raided properties across Germany over suspected links to the Iran-backed Shiite
Hezbollah group, authorities said, as Berlin moves to stem a rash of anti-Semitism amid the Israel-Hamas war.
Chancellor Olaf Scholz pledged Thursday to protect Germany's Jews against a "shameful" upsurge in anti-Semitism in the
wake of the Israel-Hamas war, on the anniversary of the Nazi pogrom that began the Holocaust.
Levi Salomon has been documenting anti-Semitic slogans and acts at rallies in Berlin for 25 years, but never had he experienced such virulent expressions of hate against Jews in post-war Germany until October 7th.
A plan to drop the name Anne Frank from a German kindergarten sparked anger Monday, with critics saying it would send the "wrong signal" at a time of growing anti-Semitism.
Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) has called on people in Germany to "protect Jews" in the face of anti-Semitic incidents, which have also slowed down a citizenship reform which was set to be discussed this week.
Germany on Thursday issued a ban on Hamas activities and organisations linked to the group, which set off the war in Gaza with an attack on Israel last month.
In a widely acclaimed video released Wednesday evening, German vice chancellor Robert Habeck strongly condemned anti-Semitism in Germany and called for solidarity with Jews among all religious groups.
Attackers hurled two Molotov cocktails at a Jewish community centre housing a synogogue in Berlin early Wednesday, police said, as Chancellor Olaf Scholz vowed to fight anti-Semitism on German soil.
Germany and France on Saturday moved to reinforce security around Jewish temples, schools and monuments after the
surprise attack by Palestinian militant group Hamas against Israel.
