Police in northern are offering a €5,000 ($5,360) reward for anyone who can provide them with information regarding an arson attack on a synagogue last week.
Last Friday, at about 1:10 p.m., an unknown individual threw an incendiary device at the door of a synagogue in the northern city of , causing a small blaze and minor damage.
Two caretakers from a neighboring cultural center discovered the fire and extinguished it. Nobody was injured but the perpetrator fled.
“The heinous act last Friday has caused nationwide bewilderment, but also great solidarity with the Jewish community,” Oldenburg Police chief Andreas Sagehorn said in a statement.
“We are now relying on the cooperation of the public to help us solve the case.”
Police have set up an online portal to which members of the public can upload images or videos in the hope that security or car dashboard cameras may have captured the perpetrator on their way or from the synagogue.
“Every hint counts,” Sagehorn said. “Anyone can be the person who makes a difference.”
Antisemitism in Germany
For Claire Schaub-Moore, chair of the Oldenburg Jewish Community, the attack didn’t come as a surprise.
“We’ve been preparing ourselves for a potential attack for a long time,” she told German newspaper taz on Wednesday.
“So, when I heard from the caretakers that we’ve just had one, I thought: the time has come to put everyone we’ve trained for into action. Unfortunately, that is Jewish reality.”
Germany has seen an increase in since Hamas’ attack on Israel on October 7 and that has ensued.
In October, a Molotov cocktail was thrown at a .
On Sunday, organized by a local alliance against antisemitism.
mf/wmr (dpa, AFP)
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