München – Anti-Semitism is a global threat – even Munich is not immune to it. In order to counteract this tendency, the city council factions of the Green/Pink List, SPD/Volt, CSU/FW and FDP/BP have initiated the expansion of educational offerings critical of anti-Semitism. This includes further training courses for teachers as well as in the extracurricular area of youth work and adult education.
The Administration and Personnel Committee passed the corresponding resolution last week. According to this, the European Janusz Korczak Academy, which is involved in extracurricular youth work, will be granted an annual subsidy of 50,000 euros from the coming financial year 2025. The Munich Adult Education Center, together with the Department for Democracy, will offer a corresponding event annually as part of the education and action weeks against anti-Semitism.
“The increase in anti-Semitic incidents worries us greatly”
In order to send a further signal, the city also wants to illuminate some of its facades on a suitable Jewish holiday in the future. City councilor Micky Wenngatz (SPD) explains: “In this way we are sending a visible signal: We stand together for Jewish life, because Jewish life has always been part of Munich.”
Last but not least, the city, together with the Israelite Community, will host a commemorative event to mark the anniversary of the Hamas attack on October 7th. “The increase in anti-Semitic threats, especially after October 7th, is a frightening trend. Anti-Semitism and hatred of Jewish people and Israel are a deadly threat,” says Green Party parliamentary group leader Mona Fuchs. This of course applies in particular to those who are attacked. But also “to our society as a whole”, such as the most recent terrorist attack on September 5th “We stand together and across all factions against this hatred and make it clear: Jewish life in Munich must be safe and present!” emphasizes Fuchs. That’s why it is important “that we as a city stand together for the victims of anti-Semitic To commemorate the massacre of October 7th – and “to decisively counter the further spread of anti-Semitism.”
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CSU city councilor Leo Agerer emphasizes: “Never again is now – it is our historical and democratic duty to fill this sentence with life. The increase in anti-Semitic incidents and crimes concerns us greatly. In particular, the tripling of cases in Munich schools from 2022 to 2023 is an alarm sign. This makes cross-party cooperation between all democratic factions all the more important.”
The numbers in Bavaria speak for themselves: in 2023, anti-Semitic incidents in Bavaria increased by 73 percent compared to the previous year. The Bavarian Anti-Semitism Research and Information Center, RIAS, counted 733 of them. What is striking is that almost half were documented after October 7th. Israel-related anti-Semitism in particular has increased since then: 70 percent of the incidents were characterized by this. RIAS documented 87 meetings at which Israel-related anti-Semitism was expressed. A year earlier, in 2022, RIAS counted 25 such gatherings.
It is an equally effective sign that the federal government decided this week to provide 780,000 euros in funding from the KulturInvest program for the general renovation of the synagogue on Reichenbachstrasse.
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“I am extremely pleased that the federal government is supporting this extremely important project in my care constituency of Munich West/Central,” says Munich Bundestag member Sebastian Roloff (SPD). “Especially now, when anti-Semitic prejudices are unfortunately booming again, this is an expression of solidarity with the Jewish community in Munich and a strong sign that Jewish life has a permanent place in our city.”
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