The Left Party is complaining about a lack of pressure to prosecute anti-Semitic crimes in Saxony. Last year, 267 such crimes were reported to the police, according to the state parliamentary group. The figure is based on answers from the Ministry of the Interior to regular minor inquiries on the subject.
This means that criminal hatred of Jews has hardly decreased after the record figure of 275 acts in 2023, stated Juliane Nagel, member of the state parliament. The focus is on the cities of Leipzig (87), Dresden (25) and Chemnitz (22).
In February, the State Office of Criminal Investigation announced that the trend in anti-Semitic crimes was declining for the first time in years. The number of cases had fallen last year compared to 2023, but was still higher than in previous years. Exact figures have not yet been released.
