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Poll: Germans express alarm over anti-Semitism after Halle synagogue attack

Only 35 percent of respondents thought Jew-hatred wasn’t increasing in Germany.

The Brandenburg Gate Berlin, Germany, May 15, 2016. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.
The Brandenburg Gate Berlin, Germany, May 15, 2016. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.

A majority of Germans expressed that “a lot more” anti-Semitism has spread throughout their country, according to a new poll taken one week after the Oct. 9 attack on a synagogue in the German town of Halle.

“That’s a lot more—+19 points—than one year ago,” stated the German broadcaster ARD, which conducted the poll, on its website, in comparison to last year’s finding that just 40 percent of Germans believed anti-Semitism in the country is alarming.

Only 35 percent of respondents thought Jew-hatred wasn’t increasing in Germany.

The poll’s release followed a six-point plan announced on Thursday by German Interior Minister Horst Seehoffer to combat anti-Semitism and right-wing extremism through tougher regulations to limit online hate speech along with cracking down on purchases of illegal guns and other weapons by far-right people.

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