The 2025 report, published on Wednesday, documents a wide range of incidents collected by RIAS reporting centers across the country throughout the year and classified by the association as antisemitic.
In the western German state of Hesse, for example, a rabbi was shoved in front of his children, and his cell phone was snatched from him. In their verbal attacks, the perpetrators blamed the rabbi for the actions of the Israeli government.
Among the range of incidents, RIAS cites experiences reported by Jewish people in Germany in which they were subjected to verbal abuse, and some reported having received death threats on social media. A Jewish woman received a picture of a Zyklon B canister on Facebook with the description "Still in stock." Zyklon B was the gas used by the Nazis in concentration camps to murder Jews and other persecuted people during the Holocaust.
RIAS, an association funded by the German government, was founded in Berlin in 2018 and tasked with collecting incidents reported as antisemitic across the country. RIAS has regional offices in 11 of Germany's 16 states.Germany's Jews and antisemitism: A complex realityTo view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video
