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(Jewish Group) Anti-Semitism: Germany sees '10% jump in offences' in 2018
Crime data, detailed in German media on Wednesday, says 1,646 crimes were linked to a hatred of Jews in 2018 - showing a yearly increase of 10%.
It comes just a day after French politicians spoke out about a sharp rise of incidents in their own country.
French Interior minister, Christophe Castaner, has warned that anti-Semitism is "spreading like poison".
Over the weekend there were a series of anti-Semitic incidents reported in central Paris - including Swastika vandalism on post-boxes featuring a holocaust survivor's portrait.
The latest data from Germany was released after a request from a member of the far-left Die Linke party. That information was then shared with German newspaper, Der Tagesspiegel.
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