Halle (dpa/sa) - To commemorate the attack on the synagogue in Halle, a concert will take place today in the Ulrichskirche. "Anti-Semitism is once again a deadly reality in Germany," said the organizers. It is all the more important to publicly stand up for the protection of Jewish life and to set a sign of solidarity. Saxony-Anhalt's Education Minister Eva Feußner (CDU), Anti-Semitism Commissioner Wolfgang Schneiß and the President of the German-Israeli Society, Volker Beck, have announced that they will attend the event.
On October 9, 2019, a heavily armed terrorist tried to break into the synagogue in Halle on Yom Kippur, the highest Jewish holiday, and start a massacre. However, he did not get into the church, then shot the 40-year-old passer-by Jana L. and later in a kebab shop the 20-year-old Kevin S.. On the run, he injured other people and exchanged gunfire with the police before he was arrested.
