Overview

• A 57-year-old driver shouted antisemitic insults including “child murderer” and “dirty Israeli” at Stefan Hensel and his daughter for playing Hebrew music at a red light near Dammtor station.
• Witnesses report the man then attempted to force Hensel’s car off the road before a nearby police patrol intervened.
• Hamburg’s State Security Service has assumed control of the probe, citing suspicion of a politically motivated hate crime.
• Hensel described the incident as a stark illustration of emboldened antisemitism and voiced deep concern for public Jewish safety.
• Mayoral and party leaders from SPD, CDU, Greens, Left and AfD uniformly condemned the assault and expressed solidarity with Hensel and the Jewish community.