Police Investigating Threats Against Prominent Munich Holocaust Survivor and AfD Opponent
Police said the threat referenced the AfD’s 43.8% vote share in Saxony-Anhalt and included a Star of David.
- Munich police are investigating a death threat against Charlotte Knobloch, a 93-year-old Holocaust survivor, discovered on Thursday on a park bench in the English Garden. The graffiti explicitly referenced the AfD party's recent electoral gains.
- The threat appeared after the Alternative for Germany won 43.8% of the vote in the Saxony-Anhalt state election last week. Knobloch, a prominent Jewish leader, has previously called for banning the party due to its policies.
- German media reported the graffiti included a Star of David and the message, "The AfD has won, tomorrow we will hang Knobloch." She canceled her attendance at a book launch scheduled for Thursday about 2 miles away.
- Ludwig Spaenle, the Bavarian State Government Commissioner for Jewish Life and Against Antisemitism, said the threat had "crossed every line." Israel's Ambassador Ron Prosor condemned the incident as disturbing evidence of rising antisemitism in Germany.
- The AfD Bavarian chapter head, Stephan Protschka, did not respond to requests for comment regarding the threat. Knobloch is credited with leading a Jewish revival in Munich, where she established a $51 million community center in 2006.
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Prominent German Holocaust survivor, 93, receives death threat referencing right-wing AfD party’s election win
Police in Munich are investigating a death threat against Charlotte Knobloch, a 93-year-old Jewish community leader and Holocaust survivor, that referenced the recent electoral gains by the right-wing AfD Party.
Death Threat Against German Jewish Holocaust Survivor Cites AfD Election Victory
MUNICH (VINnews) — German authorities are investigating a death threat against Charlotte Knobloch, the 93-year-old president of the Jewish Community of Munich and Upper Bavaria and a Holocaust survivor. The threat was discovered Thursday on a park bench and a garbage bin in Munich’s English Garden. Police and state security officials launched an investigation into […]
The Holocaust survivor Knobloch is threatened with death – apparently because she expressed herself appalledly about the election results in Saxony-Anhalt. So far, the police lack any trace, the 93-year-old canceled an event.
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