Overview

• Police said they received at least four complaints, and the public prosecutor is reviewing possible offenses including incitement.
• Officers removed the sign from the storefront window to prevent danger, though residents report it remains displayed inside the shop.
• The shopfront was defaced the next morning with slogans such as “Nazis out,” reflecting a swiftly escalating local backlash.
• Flensburg Mayor Fabian Geyer, federal antisemitism commissioner Felix Klein, and parties including the Greens, SPD and CDU condemned the message.
• Owner Hans Velten Reisch denies being a Nazi, says he did not intend to incite hatred, and claims he meant to exclude supporters of Israel’s war rather than Jews generally.