Government figures released in May showed that anti-Semitic crimes in Germany had reached their highest level last year since the country began keeping statistics. Anti-Semitic crimes rose 13 percent, more than 90 percent of them attributed to far-right extremists, including an attack in October on a synagogue in Halle, where a gunman was prevented from entering the building but killed two people on the street.

Source: New York Times May 30, 2020 11:26 UTC