Thousands of Germans of all faiths have turned out in ‘wear a kippa’ marches against Anti-Semitism in solidarity for the Jewish community, a day after Head of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, Josef Schuster, warned against Jewish men wearing a kippa in public.
The announcement came following an anti-Semitic attack last week in Berlin which targeted two men wearing kippas.
The demonstrations come at a time in which there is growing concern in Germany about the influence of far right political party, Alternative for Germany who won 12.6% of the vote at the last election standing on a platform of anti-immigration and anti-Islam.