President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Sunday it was an outrage that Germany's Jewish institutions had required enhanced security protection since Hamas's attack on Israel two weeks ago, urging attendees at a rally to stand against antisemitism.
The Holocaust meant that Germany had a particular responsibility to protect Jewish lives, Steinmeier told a solidarity rally convened in Berlin by its five main democratic parties, its Jewish community, trade unions and employers' organisations.
, Germany has witnessed a series of protests in support both of Israel and Gaza, at some of which antisemitic slogans were heard.Over the past two weeks, Stars of David have been daubed on some buildings and awas thrown at a synagogue in central Berlin. Some Jewish parents have stopped taking their children to school out of fears for their safety.
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