WJC event on the occasion of the one-year anniversary of the Yom Kippur attack in Halle, Germany

 

 

Ismet Tekin, owner of “Kiez Döner”, at the memorial wall for victims of the Halle synagogue attack inside the restaurant

 

 

Die Synagoge

 

 

Bouquet of flowers fallen over by the wind next to the entrance door of the synagogue.

 

Shalom - Graffito mit Händen und Kerze auf der anderen Seite der Strasse gegenüber der Synagoge

 

 

 

At the Kiez Döner Kebab Restaurant in Halle, Germany, Gila Baumöhl, a member of the World Jewish Congress Jewish Diplomatic Corps, leaves a note and pays respect to the victims of the 2019 Yom Kippur attack in Halle.

 

At the Kiez Döner Kebab Restaurant in Halle, Germany, vlnr.: Gila Baumoehl (Baumöhl), a member of the World Jewish Congress Jewish Diplomatic Corps, Dr. Felix Klein, Beauftragter der Bundesregierung für jüdisches Leben und die Bekämpfung von Antisemitismus, Dr. Maram Stern, Executive Vice President of the World Jewish Congress, Ismet Tekin, owner of “Kiez Döner”, Besitzer des Kiez Döner Kebab Restaurant, pays respect to the victims of the 2019 Yom Kippur attack in Halle. 

Dr. Felix Klein, Beauftragter der Bundesregierung für jüdisches Leben und die Bekämpfung von Antisemitismus, steht hinter dem Redner: Eugen Balin, Beiratsvorsitzender, Jüdische Gemeinde in Hamburg K.d.ö.R.

Dr. Felix Klein, Beauftragter der Bundesregierung für jüdisches Leben und die Bekämpfung von Antisemitismus, steht hinter dem Redner: Eugen Balin, Beiratsvorsitzender, Jüdische Gemeinde in Hamburg K.d.ö.R.

Max Privorozki, President of the Jewish Community of Halle, wartet auf die Gäste vor der Tür der Synagoge

Drei Steine liegen auf dem Mauervorsprung neben der Tür zur Synagoge, um die Toten zu ehren und in Stille Anteil zu zeigen.

Dr. Maram Stern, World Jewish Congress Executive Vice President, speaks from the bimah of the synagogue in Halle, Germany, on the occasion of the one year anniversary of the Yom Kippur attack on the Halle community.

Dr. Felix Klein, German Federal Commissioner for Jewish Life in Germany and the Fight against Anti-Semitism, speaks from the bimah of the synagogue in Halle, Germany

The microphones of the speakers in the synagogue are replaced because of Covid 19.

Michaela Fuhrmann, Leiterin der politischen Abteilung des Zentralrats der Juden in Deutschland

Micky Fuhrmann speaks from the bimah of the synagogue in Halle, Germany

Max Privorozki, President of the Jewish Community of Halle, speaks from the bimah of the synagogue in Halle, Germany, on the occasion of the one-year anniversary of the Yom Kippur attack on the Halle community.

Max Privorozki, President of the Jewish Community of Halle, speaks from the bimah of the synagogue in Halle, Germany, on the occasion of the one-year anniversary of the Yom Kippur attack on the Halle community.

Dr. Maram Stern, Executive Vice President of the World Jewish Congress

Dr. Felix Klein, German Federal Commissioner for Jewish Life in Germany and the Fight against Anti-Semitism, speaks from the bimah of the synagogue in Halle, Germany

Dr. Felix Klein, German Federal Commissioner for Jewish Life in Germany and the Fight against Anti-Semitism, speaks from the bimah of the synagogue in Halle, Germany

Michaela Fuhrmann, Leiterin der politischen Abteilung des Zentralrats der Juden in Deutschland

Dr. Felix Klein, German Federal Commissioner for Jewish Life in Germany and the Fight against Anti-Semitism, meets with members of the World Jewish Congress Jewish Diplomatic Corps, at the synagogue in Halle, on the occasion of the one-year anniversary of the Yom Kippur attack on the Halle community.

 

Dr. Felix Klein, German Federal Commissioner for Jewish Life in Germany and the Fight against Anti-Semitism, meets with members of the World Jewish Congress Jewish Diplomatic Corps, at the synagogue in Halle, on the occasion of the one-year anniversary of the Yom Kippur attack on the Halle community.

 

Gila Baumöhl, a member of the World Jewish Congress Jewish Diplomatic Corps

The Yom Kippur Attack – One Year Later

World Jewish Congress September 29, 2020, event in Halle, Germany

To mark the one-year anniversary of the 2019 Yom Kippur attack on Halle, Germany, to mourn the deaths of the victims, and to push for concrete action to fight antisemitism, the World Jewish Congress brought together Jewish community and government leaders in Halle for a small, socially distanced event at the synagogue in Halle on the day after Yom Kippur this year, September 29, 2020. Quelle: WJC
PHOTO CREDIT for all photos: Detlev Schilke / WJC