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Berlin Police Probe Death-Threat Posters Targeting Neukölln Bar Bajszel

Authorities are examining the flyers as potential hate-crime incitement after the bar’s operators were named and threatened in public postings.

Overview

  • Flyers pasted near Emser Straße featured the owners’ photos with the message that the three should “be silenced forever,” which the operators reported as death threats.
  • The Landeskriminalamt’s EG Nahost unit has opened an investigation, and the Berlin public prosecutor considers the “From the river to the sea” slogan potentially criminal.
  • Images on the posters were marked with red inverted triangles associated with Hamas threats, while text accused the owners of promoting support for Israel and joining a Zionist demonstration.
  • Co-owner Andrea Reinhardt called the flyers a clear call to murder, with police now guarding the bar around the clock as owners lament a lack of consequences for perpetrators.
  • Bajszel has been repeatedly targeted since 2023 with harassment, vandalism, and a September 2024 brand attack, as the venue hosts frequent talks on Jewish history and antisemitism.