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antisemitism in Switzerland

This photograph taken in Bellinzona, southern Switzerland, on March 7, 2022 shows a police car parked next to the Swiss Federal Criminal Court. (Fabrice COFFRINI/AFP)
December 13, 2024, 9:07 pm
Switzerland proposes ban on Nazi symbols amid surging antisemitism
Federal ban will include cryptic signs used by Nazi supporters, including ’18,’ the first and eighth letters of alphabet signifying Hitler’s initials and ’88’ for ‘Heil Hitler’
By AFP
Illustrative: Armed police officers stand outside Swiss National Bank headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland, March 21, 2024. (Fabrice Coffrini / AFP)
August 11, 2024, 9:50 pm
Swiss police arrest ‘mentally disturbed’ man for pouring gasoline on synagogue
Authorities say 32-year-old ‘acted alone and no extremist motives have been put forward’; suspect detained after fleeing scene when caught by Zurich community’s security guard
By AFP and ToI Staff
Snow covers the hills around Davos, Switzerland, on January 19, 2020. (AP Photo/ Markus Schreiber, File)
July 31, 2024, 9:57 pm
Swiss ski store fined over antisemitic discrimination
Sign placed in shop window in February informed customers that it would no longer rent equipment to ‘our Jewish brothers’ due to various incidents, including theft of a sled
By AFP
File: Members of the Swiss Parliament attend the closing day of the 51st legislature of the Swiss National Council, on September 29, 2023 in Bern. (Fabrice Coffrini / AFP)
April 17, 2024, 7:06 pm
Swiss lawmakers vote to ban Nazi symbols including flags, gestures and speech
Parliament says ban to begin with easily identifiable symbols, such as swastikas, and later widen to include other racist ideologies
By AFP
Police officers stand guard at the Synagoge Agudas Achim in Zurich, on March 3, 2024, after an Orthodox Jewish man was stabbed, late on March 2, 2024. (Arnd Wiegmann/AFP)
March 12, 2024, 12:53 pm
Antisemitism in Switzerland nearly tripled by Hamas-Israel conflict, study shows
Review by Jewish community group and antisemitism watchdog finds 155 ‘real world’ incidents in 2023, 114 of them since October 7, compared to 57 for all of 2022
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Police officers stand guard at the Synagoge Agudas Achim in Zurich, on March 3, 2024, after an Orthodox Jewish man was stabbed, late on March 2, 2024. (Arnd Wiegmann/AFP)
March 4, 2024, 11:09 pm
Swiss president says ‘antisemitism has no place’ in country after Jewish man stabbed
President Viola Amherd says she is ‘shocked’ by attack; 15-year-old suspect pledged allegiance to Islamic State, called for global fight against Jews
By AFP
French soldiers patrol in Paris, March 3, 2024. French authorities are searching for an assailant who attacked a man near a synagogue in Paris, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said late Saturday. (AP Photo/Nicholas Garriga)
March 3, 2024, 7:55 pm
Jewish man attacked outside Paris synagogue; another stabbed in Zurich
French police hunt assailant who used ethnic slur as he attacked 62-year-old; Swiss police increase security at Jewish sites
By Agencies
Illustrative: Swiss Police officers of the canton of Zurich seen in Davos on May 23, 2022. (Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)
March 3, 2024, 10:05 am
Teen stabs Jewish man in Zurich, reportedly shouts ‘Death to the Jews’
Victim, an ultra-Orthodox man in his 50s, seriously injured in attack; police say they are looking at all lines of investigation, haven’t ruled out racist assault
By ToI Staff
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