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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 368

Halle

Armed gunman Stephan Balliet, on a street in Halle, Germany, during a shooting outside a synagogue in that city which killed two, October 9, 2019. (Screenshot/Andreas Splett/ATV-Studio Halle/AFP)
February 27, 2024, 3:13 pm
German synagogue attacker gets 7 more years for taking hostages in failed jailbreak
Far-right extremist already serving life sentence for attempt to break into a synagogue on Yom Kippur in 2019 that he broadcast online before killing 2 passersby
By AP
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 13, 2022, 1:31 pm
Halle synagogue attacker briefly takes prison officers hostage at German jail
Far-right assailant Stephan Balliet, jailed for life over Yom Kippur attack in which he killed 2 passersby, is overpowered by other guards
By AFP
Felix Klein, Federal Government Commissioner for Jewish Life in Germany, speaks during a press conference on 'Stopping anti-Semitism, joint action required from politics and civil society' at the Federal Press Conference in Berlin, Germany, November 8, 2022. (Christian Marquardt/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
December 8, 2022, 8:06 am
As extremism grows, Germany approves 1st government plan to combat antisemitism
Berlin approves program designed to fight Jew-hatred at social, political level and make local Jewish life ‘visible’; EU antisemitism chief hails ‘milestone’ for country
By Toby Axelrod
Charlotte Knobloch, second from right, attends a ceremony at the Regensburg Synagogue in Munich, Germany, Feb. 27, 2019. (Andreas Gebert/Getty Images via JTA)
January 15, 2022, 1:46 pm
Holocaust survivor leads Munich’s Jews, while living under police guard
Charlotte Knobloch, 89, is at the head of the German Jewish community during its unlikely revival, but admits concerns for its future: ‘We need to hang in and hope for better days’
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Festival of Resilience participants watch a presentation. (Debi Simon for Hillel Deutschland/ via JTA)
October 6, 2021, 1:50 am
2 years after Halle synagogue attack, young Jews gather to celebrate Jewish life
The heads of Base Hillel Deutschland, an organization for young Jews in Berlin, were present at the deadly 2019 shooting. Now, they mark the event with a Festival of Resilience
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
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 16, 2021, 7:31 pm
‘Islamist’ plot to attack German synagogue on Yom Kippur foiled; 4 arrested
Services at Hagen synagogue called off; Syrian teen among those held for reportedly planning attack with explosives, two years after 2 were killed in Yom Kippur shootings in Halle
By Kirsten Grieshaber
Flowers and candles lie in memory of the victim of a right-wing shooting attack in 2019 in front of the kebab shop where killing took place, in Halle, Germany, October 9, 2020. (Hendrik Schmidt/dpa via AP)
March 11, 2021, 8:53 am
German Jews raise $40k to save Halle kebab shop hit in deadly neo-Nazi attack
Students run online campaign to prevent bankruptcy of eatery amid COVID-19 crisis; diner was shot dead last year on Yom Kippur as gunman failed to enter synagogue
By Cnaan Liphshiz
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
Graffiti calling for the murder of Jews at the entrance to the Jewish cemetery of Hoyo de Manzanares, Spain, on December 24, 2020. (José de Isasa via JTA)
December 24, 2020, 8:30 pm
European Jewish sites, including Halle memorial, vandalized in spate of attacks
Graffiti sprayed on Bulgarian, Spanish synagogues; memorial to Halle shooting smashed, set alight; German, Belarusian cemeteries damaged
By Cnaan Liphshiz
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
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier (C) and President of the Central Council of Jews in Germany Josef Schuster (2nd-L) attend a commemoration service on the first anniversary of the antisemitic attack on the synagogue in Halle, Germany, on October 9, 2020. (Ronny Hartmann/AFP)
October 10, 2020, 8:43 pm
German leaders voice shame as tribute defaced a year after anti-Semitic attack
‘Everyone must stand up when the human dignity of others is violated,’ German president says in Halle, during commemoration to mark a year since deadly shooting on Yom Kippur
By Femke COLBORNE
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