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Press release on the Day of Remembrance for the Victims of National Socialism
On 27 January 2010, we commemorate the 65th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp, the day on which soldiers of the Red Army liberated the survivors of this death camp. The name Auschwitz has since become a symbol of the genocide and the millions of victims of the Nazi regime who were stripped of their rights, persecuted, tormented, and murdered during National Socialism.
Central Council's Vice-President: Anti-Semitism is widespread among Muslim immigrants
Munich/Frankfurt – The Vice-President of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, Dieter Graumann, has warned of the danger of growing anti-Semitism among Muslim immigrants. He told the Focus magazine that the level of anti-Semitism was "alarmingly high", particularly among youths of Arab descent. "This problem cannot be dodged or pushed away," he said. Graumann stressed that in order to stem anti-Semitism among Muslims greater efforts were necessary, "above all on the part of the Muslim communities themselves".
Media service of the Central Council of Jews in Germany: Jewish immigration
Judaism, Jewish life in Germany, and current issues that are of interest to the Jewish community as well as to the entire German public are topics that are regularly covered by the German media. In order to contribute to the information flow on these topics, the Central Council of Jews in Germany provides its media service. This issue of the media service gives an account of Jewish immigration from the USSR that began after the fall of the Berlin Wall twenty years ago.