Overview

• Thursday’s remembrance includes a silent tribute at the synagogue, an afternoon walk to the attack sites, and a joint service on the marketplace.
• Minister-President Reiner Haseloff calls for clear resolve against hate and exclusion, saying antisemitism and racism endanger social cohesion.
• Federal victims’ commissioner Roland Weber commemorates the dead and warns that antisemitic and extremist offenses are sharply increasing.
• Saxony-Anhalt victims’ commissioner Gabriele Theren points to the 2024 Magdeburg Christmas market attack as proof that hate-fueled violence persists.
• Ludwig-Wucherer-Straße is closed to vehicles from 15:00 to 20:00 with trams halted on that stretch, and police expect short-term restrictions from 14:00 to 16:00 at Steintor, Magdeburger Straße, Paracelsusstraße, and Ludwig-Wucherer-Straße, advising drivers to avoid the northern inner city and Paulusviertel.