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On Thursday at the German Evangelical Church Assembly in Dortmund, Germany's anti-Semitism commissioner, Felix Klein, described the increase in crimes motivated by right-wing anti-Semitism as alarming.
Berlin police are investigating an attack on an American in Berlin who was hit in the face Tuesday after telling a group of people harassing him that he was Jewish.
The man reported the incident to the police via an internet site. A police statement published Wednesday said it is being treated as an anti-Semitic attack. As of today, some are already identified as belonging to a right-wing gang.
According to official figures, the number of anti-Semitic crimes committed in Germany increased from 1,504 in 2017 to 1,646 in 2018, a rise of 10%. The number of cases considered violent increased from 37 to 62 over the same period. More than 80% are attributed to the extreme far right.