Overview

• North Rhine-Westphalia recorded 695 antisemitic criminal offences in 2024, a 27% increase from the previous year, alongside 940 non-criminal incidents, up 42%.
• The RIAS NRW report identified one case of extreme violence, 18 attacks, 22 threats, 61 acts of property damage, 56 mass mailings, 228 assemblies, five discriminatory acts and 549 hurtful behaviours.
• Many victims are German citizens whose trust in state institutions is eroded as Jewish communities experience retraumatization.
• Schoolchildren have been confronted over Israeli government policies, with some youth pressured to comment on Benjamin Netanjahu’s actions.
• Commissioner Sylvia Löhrmann is urging measures including teacher training, student visits to memorial sites and enhanced media-competence programmes.