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2019 Germany synagogue attack

Police officers on guard in front of the entrance to the Jewish Community building in Hagen, Germany, on Thursday, September 16, 2021. (Henning Kaiser/dpa via AP)
September 25, 2021, 8:04 am
After Merkel: Antisemitism and Israel ties on Jewish minds as Germany votes
For many Jewish voters in Sunday’s election, climate change and growing social inequalities take precedence, but some Jewish issues have become national ones, and vice versa
By Joe Baur
Stephan Balliet, the suspect in the Halle shooting, gets out of a helicopter at the Federal Supreme Court in Karlsruhe, southern Germany, October 10, 2019. (Uli Deck/dpa/AFP)
September 24, 2021, 11:36 pm
German cop allegedly sent fan mail to Yom Kippur synagogue attacker
Unnamed female police officer suspended after sending at least 10 letters to Stephan Balliet, who is serving a life sentence for killing two people in 2019 Halle attack
By Toby Axelrod
Two women light candles among others and flowers next to the entrance of the synagogue in Munich, during a protest against anti-Semitism on October 11, 2019 two days after a deadly shooting outside a synagogue in Halle. (Photo by Christof STACHE / AFP)
February 3, 2021, 10:23 am
Austrian rapper arrested for neo-Nazi songs tied to Halle synagogue shooting
Suspect who went by pseudonym Mr Bond held for allegedly broadcasting Nazi ideas, including track played by gunman in livestream of anti-Semitic attack that killed 2 in Germany
By AFP
Stephan Balliet (C), who shot dead two people after an attempt to storm a synagogue in Halle an der Saale, eastern Germany, wears a face mask as he arrives for the start of the 26th day of the trial on December 21, 2020, at the district court in Magdeburg, eastern Germany (Ronny Hartmann/ AFP)
December 21, 2020, 12:58 pm
Life sentence for Halle synagogue shooter who killed 2 in Yom Kippur rampage
Judges bar Stephan Balliet from early release; he has denied the Holocaust and expressed no remorse for failed 2019 storming of German house of worship
By Agencies
Stephan Balliet, who is accused of shooting dead two people after an attempt to storm a synagogue in Halle an der Saale, eastern Germany, is led by a police officer into the courtroom for the start of the 24th day of his trial on November 3, 2020 at the district court in Magdeburg, eastern Germany. (Ronny Hartmann / AFP)
December 21, 2020, 8:38 am
Verdict due in trial of Halle shooter who attacked synagogue on Yom Kippur
Stephan Balliet denies the Holocaust and expresses no remorse in trial over failed storming of German house of worship in 2019, after which he shot dead 2 people
By David Courbet and Deborah Cole
Stephan Balliet, who is accused of shooting dead two people after an attempt to storm a synagogue in Halle, is seen during his trial on November 18, 2020, at the district court in Magdeburg, Germany. (Ronny Hartmann/AFP)
December 9, 2020, 9:02 pm
Halle synagogue attack suspect silenced at trial after denying Holocaust
Stephan Balliet is accused of trying to storm place of worship during Yom Kippur service in what prosecution calls ‘one of the most repulsive anti-Semitic acts since World War II’
By AFP
Stephan Balliet, who is accused of shooting dead two people after an attempt to storm a synagogue in Halle, is seen during his trial on November 18, 2020, at the district court in Magdeburg, Germany. (Ronny Hartmann/AFP)
November 18, 2020, 7:53 pm
German prosecutors seek life sentence for Halle synagogue shooter
Prosecutor says Stephan Balliet was motivated by a ‘racist, xenophobic and anti-Semitic ideology’ to carry out deadly attack on Yom Kippur
By AFP
Stephan Balliet (C), who is accused of shooting dead two people after an attempt to storm a synagogue in Halle an der Saale, eastern Germany, is reflected in a transparent barrier in a courtroom at the second day of his trial on July 22, 2020 in Magdeburg, eastern Germany. (Ronny HARTMANN / various sources / AFP)
July 24, 2020, 6:44 am
In a German court, with the man who tried to kill me as I prayed on Yom Kippur
Facing the Halle synagogue shooter, I found an assailant who still harbors a deadly anti-Semitic ideology, and a new appreciation for the opportunities we have to fight hate
By Rebecca Blady
Stephan Balliet, who is accused of shooting dead two people after an attempt to storm a synagogue in Halle, arrives at the district court in Magdeburg, eastern Germany on July 21, 2020. (Ronny Hartmann/various sources/AFP)
July 21, 2020, 7:34 pm
Germany synagogue killer begins trial with rant against ‘Semitism’
Stephan Balliet, accused of shooting 2 dead after failing to storm shul in Halle, is warned he could be thrown out of courtroom for pushing racist worldview
By David Courbet
Stephan Balliet (Screengrab)
July 21, 2020, 1:19 pm
Yom Kippur synagogue killer goes on trial in Germany
Stephan Balliet faces 13 counts, including murder and attempted murder, for October 2019 attack in which he shot dead 2 people outside Halle shul, tried repeatedly to force way in
By Kirsten Grieshaber and VOLKMAR KIENOEL
Signs of support and flowers adorn a post in front of the Chabad of Poway synagogue, April 29, 2019, in Poway, California. (AP/Gregory Bull)
December 15, 2019, 4:56 am
2019 saw attacks on houses of worship with alarming frequency worldwide
From Christchurch to Colombo to Poway and beyond, worshipers were the targets of some of the most deadly violence seen in years
By David Crary
Stephan Brandner at a committee meeting in the German Bundestag in Berlin, November 13, 2019. (Bernd von Jutrczenka/picture alliance via Getty Images via JTA)
November 15, 2019, 6:30 am
Far-right German lawmaker ousted from committee for comments deemed anti-Semitic
Stephan Brandner of AfD party removed from parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee for saying a singer received a ‘Judas award’ for taking a stand against his party
By Marcy Oster
Illustrative: Far-right groups protest in Chemnitz, eastern Germany, September 7, 2018. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)
October 30, 2019, 4:32 pm
Germany to tighten hate speech, gun laws following synagogue attack
Interior minister says legislation is needed because ‘the threat from far-right extremism and far-right terrorism, and with them anti-Semitism, is high’
By AFP
Bjoern Hoecke, top co-candiate for Thuringian state elections of the far-right AfD (Alternative for Germany) party, reacts to the first forecasts of the results of the state elections in Thuringia, at the federal state parliament in Erfurt, eastern Germany, on October 27, 2019. (Christof Stache / various sources / AFP)
October 27, 2019, 8:49 pm
Germany’s far-right AfD more than doubles its power in eastern heartland vote
Party candidate Bjoern Hoecke, an extremist who called Berlin Holocaust memorial a ‘monument of shame,’ comes second to far-left Ramelow, beats Merkel’s party
By Julien GATHELIER and Frank Zeller
Different election campaign posters are fixed in a street in Erfurt, eastern Germany, on October 24, 2019. (Christof STACHE / AFP)
October 27, 2019, 6:02 am
Far-right AfD looks for gains in Germany despite synagogue attack
Hardliner Bjoern Hoecke running neck and neck with CDU candidate in Thuringia vote, seen as key test of mood in east German heartland following Yom Kippur assault
By AFP
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