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A Holocaust memorial in Hanover, Germany was vandalized during the night leaving flower wreaths laid out to honor victims of the second World War destroyed.
The incident, which took the position on January 29, a few days after the International Day of the Holocaust’s memory on January 27, is the moment of vandalism in Ahlem Memorial in the two years, according to the press release of the ‘Ahlem Memorial.
Anti-Semitism incidents have higher in years, and are higher in 360% in the United States after the outbreak of the war in Gaza in 2023, according to the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). Incidents included physical assaults, vandalism, verbal or written harassment, etc.
Germany also experienced a strong construction in anti-Semitic incidents in 2023 because they are updated to 83%, according to the report of the Federal Association for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism Report (RIA).
ADL estimates that another 2. 2 billion people, 46% of the world’s adult population, have anti-Semitic attitudes at the port, which is twice as many as other people interviewed 10 years ago.
The vandalism consisted of the destruction of nine memorial wreaths, which were laid down on January 28 during a ceremony for to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day. Some of the wreaths were thrown into a garden or stolen. After the incident, the only remnants of the wreaths were petals lining the path, that leads to the “wall of names.”
The Hanover government began investigating the incident, and surveillance cameras have registered the author.
The crowns placed during the Rite of Mark Holocaust on the day of reminiscence were placed on behalf of the city of Hanover, the Jewish community, the political deputies and the associations of the victims in the reminiscence of the sufferings of the Holocaust in the presence of 150 visitors .
The rite is one of the many other international people because this year has marked 80 years since the launch of the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau.
The previous instance of vandalism at the Holocaust memorial site took place in 2023, in which, after the Holocaust Remembrance Day, the memorial was defaced with National Socialist and anti-Semitic slogans, and wreaths were again destroyed.
The Ahlem memorial is at the site of a collection point from which the Nazis expelled the other Jewish people to have Ghettos and extermination fields in Eastern Europe.
Before operating as an expulsion site, the region known for being received at the Israeli Ahlem Horticultural School in 1933 and the school helped Jews migrate to 18 countries to escape the Nazi regime, adding Palestine, according to the Hanover website Living room.
In a statement, Steffen Krach, the regional president of Hanover, said: “It is shameful that there are still other people in this country to consult or even approve the unjust Nazi regime and the extermination policy and make fun of the sufferings of the Holocaust. And their reminiscence in such an unpleasant way!
“Lately we see how the limits of what is said and attainable are increasing
In an article on X, formerly known as Twitter, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz wrote: “Germany’s duty comes from this place. This duty remains. We, at least six million Jews who were killed. All those who were declared enemies, persecuted, persecuted and killed through the national ideology.
In a statement in Newsweek, the police broke down Hanover said: “The police are aware of the facts and recorded them. The security service of the police state resumed the investigation. Damage, damage, and data about suspects are components of the investigation of the investigation.
The Pentagon’s Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) agency has paused observances of Holocaust Days of Remembrance and other cultural and historical events after President Donald Trump banned inputting diversity, equity and inclusion programs in the federal workplace, so Holocaust Remembrance events may not continue to take place in the U.S.
Germany is looking for new tactics to combat anti -Semitism, since it has approved an anti -Semitism solution that would make public subsidies for cultural and clinical projects that depend on organizations that adhere to the definition of execution of the anti -Semitism of the foreign holocaust, as reported through of the definition of anti -Semitism, as reported through the German media DW.
Ralf Michaels, a legal expert in Hamburg, said that the resolution passed by Germany’s lower house of parliament in November 2024 is “a great disappointment.”
Update of 01/30/25, 11:12 a. m. HE: This article was updated with the comments of the Hanover Police Service.
Maya Mehrara is a News Reporter at Newsweek based in London, U.K.. Her focus is reporting on international news. She has covered Ukraine, Russia, immigration issues, and the revolution in Iran. Maya joined Newsweek in 2024 from the Londoners and had previously written for MyLondon, the Camden New Journal, BUST Magazine, and Washington Square News. She is a graduate of New York University and obtained her NCTJ at News Associates. Languages: English. You can get in touch with Maya by emailing [email protected].
Maya Mehrara is a News Reporter at Newsweek based in London, U.K.. Her focus is reporting on international news. She has covered Ukraine, Russia, immigration issues, and the revolution in Iran. Maya joined Newsweek in 2024 from the Londoners and had previously written for MyLondon, the Camden New Journal, BUST Magazine, and Washington Square News. She is a graduate of New York University and obtained her NCTJ at News Associates. Languages: English. You can get in touch with Maya by emailing [email protected].