Overview
- Prosecutors in Flensburg have charged the shop owner with Volksverhetzung under §130 StGB over a September sign reading "Jews are banned here."
- The accused told investigators he hung the notice for about four hours before police had it removed for hazard prevention.
- According to prosecutors, he justified the sign by referencing the Gaza war, later conceding he should have differentiated between people.
- Images of the sign spread widely on social media and prompted formal complaints, including one from Schleswig-Holstein’s antisemitism commissioner.
- The indictment was submitted in late October, and the Amtsgericht Flensburg will decide on admitting the case; a conviction could carry up to five years in prison.