Antisemitic crime in Germany at highest level since records began

Last year, two people were killed in an attempted armed attack on a synagogue in Halle on Yom Kippur. 

“We have every reason to continue with the greatest vigilance here,” Mr Seehofer added.

Charlotte Knobloch, a Holocaust survivor and German Jewish leader, said the increase in antisemitic crimes was “no longer surprising”, according to ABC News.

She suggested this was being affected by the popularity of the the far-right Alternative for Germany party, the largest opposition party.

“Various extremist groups have played their part in making this antisemitism socially acceptable,” Ms Knobloch said in a statement. “Above all, the so-called Alternative for Germany.”

A study in October last year found over a quarter of Germans hold antisemitic beliefs, whilst a poll that same month found over half of Germans believed in the wake of the Halle attack that antisemitism was on the rise.