Germans and jews

German gov't appoints Holocaust survivors' granddaughter as first Jewish minister in 100 years

Karin Prien is the granddaughter of Holocaust survivors and will be the first Jewish Woman to serve at this level and the first Jew since 1922.

 Designated German Family Minister Karin Prien poses for a picture, on the day of a CDU party conference to formally sign off on a coalition agreement reached with the Social Democrats, in Berlin, Germany April 28, 2025.
 Pro-Palestinian poster hanging at the Northwestern University campus

Individuals who post 'From the River to the Sea' to be denied German citizenship

A new Jewish synagogue and community center in Potsdam, Germany dedicated on July 5, 2024 is home to four congregations.

Four congregations will share a new synagogue in the heart of Potsdam, Germany

 From right to left: Greg Schneider, Executive Vice President of the Claims Conference Ambassador Stuart Eizenstat, Special Negotiator for the Claims Conference Negotiations Delegation Ambassador Colette Avital

Ensuring 'dignity': Germany increases funds for Holocaust survivors by $114m


Nazi-destroyed synagogue used as wading pool in Germany

Synagogue in Freiburg, Germany, was destroyed during Kristallnacht in November 1938.

Demonstrators form human chain around the pool at the Square of the Old Synagogue in Freiburg, Germany on Sunday September 17, 2017.

Pearl of the Ruhr: Unearthing a Jewish community in Werden, Germany

It still is an uphill battle in a town that, indeed, did restore the gravestones at the Jewish cemetery after the windstorm Kyrill wreaked havoc in 2007.

A postcard of Werden in 1916.

German progressive paper blasted for justifying terrorism, stoking Nazism

The Jerusalem Post conducted an in-depth report into the German newspaper’s coverage in 2017 of Israel and Jews.

Protesters attend a rally against anti-Semitism in Frankfurt August 31, 2014.

As elections loom, German Jews express concern over rise of AfD anti-immigrant party

"I never thought that I would again face a movement in Germany with the sort of ideas that are coming out of the AfD."

Swastika and the word "Raus" (Out) are sprayed at a asylum seeker accommodation in Waltrop, western Germany, on October 13, 2015.

Merkel vs. Schulz: Israel and Middle East take back stage at German debate

Socialist candidates says Palestinians educated to hate Jews must understand that Germany supports Israel.

A screen shows the TV debate between German Chancellor Angela Merkel of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and her challenger Germany's Social Democratic Party SPD candidate for chancellor Martin Schulz in Berlin, Germany

PFLP in Germany

It’s not enough that the PFLP hasn’t been banned long ago for carrying out deadly attacks to advance its agenda of destroying the State of Israel.

Palestinian members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) take part in a military show in Gaza

Nazi Goebbels’ descendants are hidden billionaires

Nazi propaganda minister’s heirs own nearly 50% of BMW; Study: Quandt family fortune partially built by concentration camp labor.

Goebbels delivers speech in Nazi Germany 150

‘Auschwitz on the Beach’ equates plight of refugees with death camp

The German installation was canceled after outrage over the exhibit.

Franco ‘Bifo’ Berardi.

The day the descendant of Nazis apologized to me

Learning to forgive.

A victorious Hitler parades in just-occupied Prague: Does Buji’s optimism arouse howls of derision in Tehran’s halls of power?

Germany returns books stolen by Nazis to Holocaust survivors, heirs

The "Initial check” project – dedicated to finding stolen books and their rightful heirs – is a relatively new part of Germany’s government-sponsored search for stolen art.

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