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


Ruth Schreiber brings Jews and Germans together through art

This is further proof of ordinary Germans’ concern for their collective history, and that their Jewish neighbors should not be forgotten.

 ‘Wall of Masks’ made of paper, reversed black and white photo copies of the original letters, now in Yad Vashem. Schreiber used her son and daughter as models for the molds of faces for her grandfather and grandmother. This grid exhibits 150 of the 200 masks she made.

Man injures head after falling from block at Berlin Holocaust Memorial

The Holocaust Memorial near the Brandenburg Gate and the Reichstag was inaugurated in 2005 and consists of 2,700 concrete blocks.

 The Berlin Holocaust Memorial, officially named the Monument to the Murdered Jews in Europe.

Schalke fans bring Nazi deportation of local Jews to new light

The project investigates municipal, state and federal archives for the stories of victims who were deported from Gelsenkirchen, the hometown city of the Schalke 04 soccer team.

 FC Schalke 04 Fans

German president lauds Jewish culture in Germany, warns of antisemitism

Steinmeier added that Jewish contributions to German culture "made a decisive contribution" to Germany's emergence into the Modern Age.

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier speaks with a rabbi following a ceremony to complete the historic Sulzbach Torah Scroll from 1792, rediscovered in 2013 and just restored, on the 76th anniversary of the liberation of Nazi Germany's Auschwitz death camp, on International Holocaust Remembrance

Short film explodes stereotypes about being young, Jewish, misunderstood

“It’s a community that nobody knows about. When you ask Germans where Jews come from, they think of Israel or America.”

Another structure protected the Alexander family's century-old mural in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.

How Israel-EU relations have been impacted by Germany’s Council presidency

The Israeli government marked July 1, the first day of Germany’s presidency, as the date it can begin annexation of territories in the West Bank.

GERMAN CHANCELLOR Angela Merkel, European Council President Charles Michel, Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte and Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo talk in Brussels in October.

Rise in German antisemitism, extremism has Jews questioning their future

Several reports have shown that right-wing extremism has even seeped into the country’s police forces, including one elite squad that the government disbanded over its “toxic leadership.”

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

German NGOs, MPs make Wiesenthal list of top 2020 antisemitism outbreaks

Warning about 're-legitimization' of dangerous antisemitic BDS movement in Germany.

A  general view during a session of the lower house of parliament Bundestag, in Berlin, Germany July 1, 2020

I survived the Halle synagogue attack and now I face my attacker in court

I decided to be a co-plaintiff in this trial in order to play a role in the fight against right-wing extremism.

Mourners gather at the synagogue in Halle, Germany.

Halle Synagogue shooting survivor: 'I really lost trust in the police'

Rabbi Rebecca Blady was present at the time of the shooting, and is now a co-plaintiff in the upcoming trial.

People place candles at central market square in Halle, Germany October 10, 2019, after two people were killed in a shooting