Germany reports spike in far-right crime for 2019 – Politically motivated crimes, such as an October attack on a synagogue in Halle, rose by 14.2% in 2019, marking the second-sharpest jump since records began in 2001 | Timesofisrael

BERLIN, Germany — Germany saw a spike in far-right crimes including anti-Semitic attacks last year, Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said Wednesday, describing the trend as a “great concern.”
Authorities registered more than 41,000 politically motivated crimes in 2019, ranging from hate speech to bodily harm, arson and murder — a rise of 14.2 percent on 2018 and the second-sharpest jump since records began in 2001.