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Portraits of concentration camp survivors defaced in Weimar
June 22, 2023 By Faith Matters

Portraits of concentration camp survivors defaced in Weimar

Unidentified perpetrators have scrawled graffiti over posters with photographic portraits of survivors of the Buchenwald concentration camp in Weimar, according to police. A police spokesperson said on Thursday that a charge of damage to property had been filed. The police assume that the act was politically motivated. The graffiti on the two portraits would be […]

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Germany to Step Up Efforts to Combat Anti-Semitism
January 21, 2018 By Faith Matters

Germany to Step Up Efforts to Combat Anti-Semitism

Germany’s lower house of parliament on Thursday voted to step up efforts to combat anti-Semitism and called for the creation of a new government post to oversee the issue, backed by an independent panel of experts. The proposal was jointly introduced and backed by Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives, the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD), the pro-business […]

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