The first time Jumas Medoff didn't react to the anti-Semitic remarks from the political bodies in Frankfurt, he was just surprised.
Now, almost a year later, he has received a threatening letter in which his family is also explicitly threatened.
Now the city councilor and chairman of the municipal foreigners' representation (KAV) no longer wants to remain silent.
In consultation with his family, he says: "It can't go on like this" and has filed a complaint.
This is confirmed by the state security department of the Frankfurt police.
The letter leaves no doubt as to the writer's anti-Semitic sentiments.
"Jude, you still don't get it to this day," the short letter, written in large block letters, reads.
And then: "Take good care of yourself and your family." Finally, it says: "Jews out of the KAV," and then the 40-year-old management consultant is once again threatened: "You'll see."
Raised in Muslim Azerbaijan, Medoff comes from a Jewish-Muslim family that he says is “not particularly religious.”
In his hometown of Baku, he is not familiar with any conflicts because of his religious affiliation.
Being a Jew is nothing special there.
It was only when he first came to Mannheim and later to Frankfurt to study politics 20 years ago that he learned not to reveal his parentage too openly.
Regardless of whether they were international students or Germans, such as a language school teacher, they all taught him that he knew little about religion and history but everything about the prejudices against Jews.
Over the years, Medoff's desire to work for the integration of immigrants and for education about Jewish life crystallized more and more.
“Right from the start I wanted to integrate,” he says.
After all, he consciously emigrated to Germany, a "great country - maybe the best in the world".
He began to get involved at the Goethe University in Frankfurt, organizing programs for international students such as trips to historically important cities, such as Worms with one of the oldest Jewish cemeteries, but also football tournaments.
His lesson: "Ethnically mixed teams work better." The more he twirled, the closer he made contacts, including with the Russian community, whose language he speaks.
At the same time, he began to put out feelers towards Frankfurt's Jewish community, which had been shaped by Russian-speaking immigrants in recent decades.
He is not a member, but maintains contact.
Why is Medoff so involved?
"I don't know it any differently from home," he says.
His mother, his aunts, all stood up for others.
He is interested in the coexistence of people from different cultures.
And so he spent a year in Finland while he was still studying and did internships in Ukraine and Turkey.