Cemetery vandalism found in Haren being treated as anti-Semitic hate crime by police; Stolperstein 'stumbling stone' plaques for Holocaust victims defaced in Chemnitz, Eilenburg

Prosecutor says Stephan Balliet was motivated by a 'racist, xenophobic and anti-Semitic ideology' to carry out deadly attack on Yom Kippur

Operation coordinated by police, prosecutors investigating the 2019 theft of a large diamond brooch, a diamond epaulette and other treasures from Dresden's Green Vault Museum

German Olympic Sports Confederation calls destruction of plexiglas figurines of pre-Nazi era athletes 'cowardly' and a 'blow for the whole of German sports'

Officials allege group met multiple times in private locations to discuss plans, wanting to create conditions for civil war; all but 1 in custody since February arrest

During exercise, man phonetically spelled last name Jung with the German words for Jew, subhuman, Nazi and gas chamber or genocide

Fresh restrictions come after weeks of exponentially rising new infections across Europe with governments reinstating punishing stay-at-home orders seen during first wave

Governments rush to reimpose infection-control measures with pandemic having infected more than 44 million people and killed close to 1.2 million, and counting

World Health Organization warns of 'exponential' rise in infections during second waves in countries that appeared to have virus under control earlier this year

Star of David and 'shalom' stickers put on vehicle ahead of celebrations next year to mark anniversary of first documented Jewish presence in Germany in 321 CE