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Mainz (dpa / lrs) - Rhineland-Palatinate wants to sharpen the senses of the police, public prosecutor and courts for the detection of anti-Semitic crimes.
For example, according to the Ministry of Justice, the dates of birth or death of Nazi greats may have been deliberately chosen as times for certain acts, which is not always immediately obvious.
Justice Minister Herbert Mertin (FDP) and the anti-Semitism commissioner of the state government, Dieter Burgard, want to present the new guide «Recognizing anti-Semitic crimes» at a digital press conference today.
The twelve-page handout was drawn up by the public prosecutor's offices in Koblenz and Zweibrücken in coordination with Burgard.
The chairman of the regional association of the Jewish communities of Rhineland-Palatinate, Avadislav Avadiev, told the German press agency that anti-Semitism had increased significantly.
"When I came to Germany about 25 years ago, I couldn't imagine it."
Avadiev recalled, among other things, the attack at the synagogue in Halle in October 2019 with two dead.
In Rhineland-Palatinate, too, many Jewish events have long had to be protected by the police.
The Internet and social media still promoted the rapid spread of anti-Jewish thoughts.
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According to the Rhineland-Palatinate Ministry of the Interior, the number of anti-Semitic crimes registered nationwide rose from 21 in 2017 to 32 in the following year and 50 in 2019. In the first half of 2020 there were 13 at times, with corona contact restrictions being strict at times - the total for 2020 is still there not before.
However, in 2012, 47 anti-Semitic crimes were counted in Rhineland-Palatinate.
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