Overview

• Unknown individuals sprayed a Star of David across the window front of the Left Party’s Gotha constituency office overnight on May 30–31.
• The symbol carries deep antisemitic connotations after its forced use to identify Jews during the Nazi era.
• Previous incidents at the same residential-area office involved right-wing stickers and egg-throwing, reflecting emboldened attackers.
• Sascha Bilay condemned the act as a new level of political aggression and affirmed that the party will not be intimidated.
• The party filed a criminal complaint and vowed to step up its counter-extremism measures after Thüringen recorded a 25% increase in attacks on lawmakers’ offices in 2024.