Overview

• Berlin registered 756 antisemitic procedures in 2024, up from 586 in 2023, alongside 4,096 cases linked to the Middle East conflict.
• Authorities concluded roughly 600 investigations, issuing more than 130 indictments and seeking summary penalties in about 470 cases.
• Approximately 2,430 proceedings were dropped for insufficient evidence or lack of suspect identification, including the attempted Kahal Adass Jisroel synagogue arson.
• Nearly 740 investigations remain open, underscoring challenges in gathering reliable video surveillance, DNA traces and cell data.
• Prosecutors formalized cooperation with the Jewish Gymnastics and Sports Association Germany to expedite sports-related antisemitic prosecutions.