German Jews were joined by Christians and Muslims on Sunday evening for a demonstration calling for circumcision to remain legal.
Around 500 people attended the rally, which was held in Bebelplatz in Berlin, a public square notorious as the site of book-burning ceremonies by the Nazis and their supporters in May 1933.
Some of the demonstrators wore traditional Orthodox Jewish clothing, while others waved Israeli flags or signs stating: "Foreskin? No thank you!"
The rally took place in the wake of uncertainty among Germany's Jewish and Muslim community about the future of religious circumcision. In May a Cologne court ruled the religious practice to be a criminal act.
