Business owner posts posters against hatred of Jews - multiple attacks by young people

A business owner in Berlin-Kreuzberg says he has been insulted and attacked several times by young people in recent days because of his commitment to combating hatred of Jews. As the police announced on Saturday, the owner of the “general store with revolutionary supplies” on Falckensteinstrasse, who was sitting in a wheelchair, alerted the officers on Friday evening.

According to the police, the 67-year-old stated that he had been hanging notices against hatred of Jews in shop windows since the beginning of October in connection with the attack by the terrorist organization Hamas against Israel on October 7, 2023. On Wednesday, around six young people appeared in the store, insulted him and sprayed him with pepper spray. This was repeated twice on Thursday. He is also said to have been beaten.

Witnesses said that on Friday evening they observed up to eight young people riding e-scooters to the store and hitting and kicking the front door with their feet and fists. The door was damaged and the suspects fled. The Police State Security is investigating suspicions of dangerous bodily harm, insults and damage to property.