BERLIN — Germany is providing 22 million euros ($26 million) to improve security of synagogues and other Jewish sites in the country following an anti-Semitic attack last year.
The government pledged to step up security after a right-wing extremist tried to force his way into a synagogue in the eastern city of Halle on Judaism’s holiest day, Yom Kippur, killing two passers-by after he failed to get in.
The botched attempt at carrying out a massacre caused alarm in Germany, which has sought to protect its Jewish population in response to the genocide of 6 million Jews perpetrated during the Nazi era.
“The Jewish community can rely on the German government to do everything to ensure their necessary protection,” Interior Minister Horst Seehofer says. “We’re aware of our responsibility.”
The head of Germany’s Central Council of Jews, Josef Schuster, says the new funds would help Jewish communities that are struggling with the financial burden of security measures.
“The attack in Halle drastically (shows) us that Jewish life needs massive protection,” he says.
— AP
Carpenter Thomas Thiele, front, removes the bullet hole-ridden door of a synagogue in Halle, Germany, July 28, 2020. (Hendrik Schmidtpa/dpa via AP)
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