The Jewish Community of Munich and Upper Bavaria (IKG) received a threatening letter and a handgun cartridge in the post last Thursday, according to the community's managing director, Steven Guttman, in a post on social media.
The letter read "every Jew will die...I will cause all the deaths."
The shipment was sent to the community center of the IKG and the Ohel Jakob Synagogue. The Bavarian police's Criminal Department is investigating the incident.
IKG Vice President Yehoshua Chmiel told the Jüdische Allgemeine paper that the community receives a lot of threats, but that this is the first time it has received a real cartridge.
Community feeling abandoned
"We feel abandoned," Chmiel told the paper. "There are no actions against antisemitism. There are speeches, but they don't help us."
The Bavarian State Government's Commissioner against Antisemitism, Ludwig Spaenle, said the threat was "evil and inhumane" and urged state security to find the perpetrators as soon as possible.
The Jerusalem Post reached out to IKG for comment.