Overview

• The Zentralrat der Juden in Deutschland commemorates its 75th anniversary as the main political, societal and religious representative for about 100,000 Jews across 105 communities
• Official police figures show antisemitic incidents in Germany surged 77 percent in 2024 to a record 8,627 cases
• Culture State Minister Wolfram Weimer warns that antisemitism has moved beyond the fringes and poses a growing threat to Germany’s open society
• Chancellor Friedrich Merz asserts that Germany must serve as a protection space for Jews and fulfill its responsibility to safeguard Jewish life
• President Josef Schuster and church dignitaries from Catholic and Protestant institutions call for expanded education programs and coordinated security measures to counter the normalization of antisemitism