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Yad Vashem to open Holocaust education center in Munich, first outside Israel

Fri, 29 May 2026 03:51:35 +0000

'In a world without Holocaust survivors, one needs new ways to tell the story,' says head of Berlin-based Friends of Yad Vashem; extension also planned in Germany's Leipzig

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Jewish-owned Israeli restaurant vandalized in Munich; police suspect antisemitic motive

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 18:06:03 +0000

No one injured; investigators believe pyrotechnic devices were thrown into Eclipse Grillbar restaurant, breaking several windows; suspects fled, no arrests made

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250,000 rally in Munich against Iran’s regime as Pahlavi urges ‘global day of action’

Sat, 14 Feb 2026 16:00:51 +0000

On sidelines of global security conference, crowds wave imperial flags and chant 'long live the shah,' urging regime change a month after brutal protest crackdown

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German human rights group seeks to prosecute IDF soldier over Gaza war role

Wed, 10 Sep 2025 13:21:04 +0000

European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights says it filed criminal complaint with German prosecutors over Israeli sniper who was born and raised in Munich

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2-year-old girl and mother die of wounds from Munich car-ramming attack

Sat, 15 Feb 2025 20:41:12 +0000

German prosecutor says Afghan national who wounded 37 uttered 'Allahu Akbar' to police after plowing into trade union demonstration

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28 injured as car drives into Munich crowd; Bavaria governor says attack suspected

Thu, 13 Feb 2025 12:45:36 +0000

Suspect, a 24-year-old Afghan asylum seeker, in police custody; car plowed into a demonstration by union workers; children among those hurt

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Paris charges couple in Iranian plot targeting Jews in France, Germany

Sun, 08 Sep 2024 02:38:34 +0000

Authorities claim Iranian spies recruited locals to attack ex-employee of Israeli security firm and others in Paris, Munich and Berlin, set fire to Israeli-owned businesses

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Police seize electronic devices from home of Munich shooter; no IS propaganda found

Fri, 06 Sep 2024 22:39:13 +0000

Police shoot dead Austrian, 18, who used rifle with a bayonet attached in 'assumed terror attack' on consulate; local reports suggest he was known to authorities as an Islamist

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Gunman killed in shootout near Israeli consulate in Munich, on 1972 attack anniversary

Thu, 05 Sep 2024 12:07:20 +0000

Police shoot dead Austrian, 18, who used rifle with a bayonet attached in 'assumed terror attack' on consulate; local reports suggest he was known to authorities as an Islamist

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Prominent German cantor, opera singer killed in what police say was family dispute

Tue, 13 Aug 2024 03:51:40 +0000

Nikola David’s adult son being held on suspicion of manslaughter since Aug. 2 killing, which rocked Munich’s Jewish community

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Germans say far-right AfD lacks legitimacy, even after its European Parliament gains

Mon, 10 Jun 2024 12:11:07 +0000

Amid a nationalist swell, AfD rises 5 percentage points but remains too controversial for widespread public support - even for some small-town sympathizers

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Resurrected exhibit provides insight into Jewish artists during, after the Holocaust

Sat, 30 Dec 2023 00:44:36 +0000

'Munich Displaced,' at the Munich Jewish Museum through March 17, portrays the city when it was a hub for 200,000 displaced Jews who survived the war

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Orthodox European rabbinical group finds a home in Munich, with new funding

Wed, 20 Sep 2023 08:44:58 +0000

After decamping post-Brexit UK, the Conference of European Rabbis becomes first major international Jewish group to open its headquarters in Germany since the Holocaust

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Rubble from Munich synagogue razed on Hitler’s orders found during construction work

Thu, 06 Jul 2023 17:31:26 +0000

Remains from German city's former main house of Jewish worship, which the Nazi leader declared an 'eyesore,' include part of stone Ten Commandments tablet

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Brexit forces European rabbinical group to decamp for Munich

Fri, 12 May 2023 09:19:18 +0000

Conference of European Rabbis has planned move from London for years, viewing need for its offices to be in heart of Europe; organization's head says Germany is ideal location

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