Merkel speaks out over anti-Semitism

Chancellor Angela Merkel has warned against tolerating modern-day antiSemitism and racism in a Berlin synagogue as she marked the 80th anniversary of the Nazis’ purge of Jewish people on the infamous “Night of Broken Glass”.

On November 9 1938 – known as Kristallnacht – Jews were terrorised throughout Germany and Austria.

At least 91 people were killed, hundreds of synagogues burned down, 7,500 Jewish businesses vandalised, and up to 30,000 Jewish men arrested.