Overview

• A 51-year-old man with an existing house ban attempted to enter the Oranienburger Straße synagogue in Berlin’s Mitte district.
• Denied entry, he tore down the Israeli flag at a nearby Holocaust memorial and threw it onto the ground.
• Police transported the suspect to a station for identity verification and then released him without pressing charges.
• The Landeskriminalamt Berlin’s police state protection unit has opened a probe into alleged trespass and violation of foreign state symbols.
• The investigation reflects heightened scrutiny of antisemitic acts targeting Jewish sites and national emblems in Germany.