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What AfD's election victory in Germany's Saxony-Anhalt could mean for Jewish life - analysis

Siegmund faced criticism over his attitude toward Germany’s Nazi past. In a 2025 interview, he refused to answer whether he considered the Holocaust the most horrific crime in history.

A supporter of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party holds a German flag as she attends AfD top candidate Ulrich Siegmund's campaign event ahead of the upcoming Saxony-Anhalt state elections in Magdeburg, Germany, September 4, 2026. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse
Lead candidate Ulrich Siegmund of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) political party, makes a selfie with a supporter during the final campaign rally on the eve of state elections in Saxony-Anhalt on September 5, 2026 in Magdeburg, Germany.

How will an AfD victory in Saxony-Anhalt impact Germany - and should Jews be worried?

 An Israeli flag flutters next to a German and a EU flag, one day after Hamas' attacks on Israel, outside the Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany, October 8, 2023.

With AfD gaining traction in eastern Germany, what would a far Right win mean for Jews? - analysis

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Jewish man assaulted in Berlin for wearing a Star of David

The victim told Deutsche Welle that when a member of the group saw his Star of David he shouted “anti-Semitic insults,” grabbed the cigarette from his mouth and punched him.

An aerial view of Berlin, Germany.

Syrian man confesses to attacking kippa wearer in Berlin and apologizes

The alleged assailant turned himself in two days after the April 17 attack.

People wear kippas as they attend a demonstration in front of a Jewish synagogue, to denounce an anti-Semitic attack on a young man wearing a kippa in the capital earlier this month, in Berlin, Germany, April 25, 2018.

ABOVE THE FOLD: Wear the kippa with pride

The kippa has a long history. It has no real legal foundation within Judaism, but is instead a perfect example of how a tradition takes on the power of law.

A MAN wearing a kippa waits for the start of a demonstration against antisemitism at Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate in 2014

Berlin Jews call on residents to show solidarity in 'Wear a Kippa' rally

The rally comes just after an antisemitic attack in the city in which 2 men wearing kippas were harassed by a man who struck them with a belt.

A MAN wearing a kippa waits for the start of a demonstration against antisemitism at Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate in 2014

Merkel: Refugees bring a new type of antisemitism to Germany

Chancellor ‘embarrassed’ Jewish institutions in Germany need security in 2018.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel

'Bookkeeper of Auschwitz' submits final request for clemency

Despite continuing efforts to put Nazi war criminals on trial, the old age and failing health of suspected perpetrators often prove to be a stumbling block for prosecutors.

Oskar Groening, defendant and former Nazi SS officer dubbed the "bookkeeper of Auschwitz", is pictured in the courtroom during his trial in Lueneburg, Germany, July 15, 2015.

Jewish Miss Germany contestant wins Miss Internet

Tamar Morali has qualified to final round of the German national beauty pageant.

Runner up of Miss Internet Angelina Kätzel, Miss Internet Tamar Morali and 2nd runner up Jennifer Lauren Schmidt (Courtesy Tamar Morali)

German Jewish leader:Antisemitism is in the heart of German society

She described a daily climate of “aggressive antisemitism” that exists in Germany.

Charlotte Knobloch

PFLP celebrates jubilee year in Berlin

‘Death to Zionism,’ supporters chant in YouTube video, emphasizing violence.

Palestinian members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) take part in a military show in Gaza

German Justice Minister: Holocaust must be bigger part of migrant courses

More than a million migrants have arrived in Germany in the last three years, many of them fleeing conflict in the Middle East, causing concern that antisemitism could increase.

People visit the second job fair for migrants and refugees in Berlin, Germany.