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One in four Germans has anti-Semitic thoughts, 41 percent believe that Jews talk too much about the murders of European Jews of the Nazi regime and 28 percent believe that Jews have too much power in the world economy.

These are some of the results of a representative survey conducted by the Jewish World Congress and released today by Süddeutche Zeitung, a portrait that confirms the anti-Semitic sentiment that continues to nest in the country.

"It is time for the entire German society to position itself and fight against the growing anti-Semitism in the country," said the president of the Jewish World Council, Roland Lauder.

In that survey, 26 percent believe that Jews have too much influence in world politics, almost 48% think that Jews are more loyal to Israel than to Germany and 22 percent say that Jews are hated for their behavior .

The results of the field study carried out by the Jewish World Congress reveal that an overwhelming majority of the German population is aware of the advance of anti-Semitism in society , which is related to the rise of the extreme right parties.

The survey, in which 1,300 people participated, was conducted two and a half months ago, that is, before the attack on October 9 at the Halle synagogue by a 27-year-old neo-Nazi. The sample profile includes university graduates with annual income of at least 100,000 euros, which means that anti-Semitism is transversal and nests in all layers of society.

In 2018, Germany registered a sharp increase in xenophobic and anti-Semitic crimes, mostly of ultra-right-wing backgrounds, according to the annual report presented last May by Interior Minister Conservative Horst Seehofer.

In total, 7,700 crimes of a racist nature were recorded, representing an increase of 20 percent over the previous year. Purely anti-Semitic crimes totaled 1,799, which means an increase of 19.5 percent. In the vast majority of these cases they were attacks or propaganda and had an ultra-right background.

The German authorities are aware of the progress of anti-Semitism in the country and its historical responsibility that Germany has in eradication, hence the entire political class, from the President of the Republic, Frank-Walter Steinmeier to the municipal leaders by Chancellor Angela Merkel , make continuous appeals to fight it.

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