One or two police officers are on permanent watch outside the synagogue on Orianenburg Street in Berlin, and, as at an airport, security checks at the entrance to the building have become the norm. And this normality, Sigmund Königsberg admits having a hard time getting used to it, even if he is well placed to know the cause. In 2017, the Berlin Jewish community, with 11,000 members, appointed this personality from Saarbrücken, responsible for issues related to anti-Semitism. And since the Hanau attack, vigilance has increased, even if the protective measures are not necessarily visible.
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The assault perpetrated against two shisha bars in this city with a large immigrant population, which made eleven victims last Wednesday, was first directed against the Muslim population, particularly of Turkish or Kurdish origin. But the Jewish community also saw it as an attack on it. " If a society is no longer able to protect its minorities, it risks losing its character
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