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German antisemitism czar targeted in arson attack: ‘I will not be intimidated by this’

JL;DR SUMMARY Andreas Büttner, the antisemitism commissioner for Brandenburg, Germany, has been targeted in a suspected arson attack at his property, with his family home at risk while they were present. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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HamasGermanyIntimidationArson AttackJihadist ViolenceBrandenburgRed TriangleAndreas BüttnerAntisemitism Commissioner

Places mentioned

Templin, Brandenburg, Germany
"Andreas Bttner, the state's commissioner of combatting antisemitism, wrote in a post on X that his family was home at the time of the attack, which targeted a shed on his property in Templin, a small town in Brandenburg."
Brandenburg, Germany
"A property belonging to the antisemitism commissioner for the German state of Brandenburg was targeted in a suspected arson attack on Sunday."
Hamburg, Germany
"The country's only Jewish antisemitism commissioner, Stefan Hensel of Hamburg, stepped down from his role in December amid rising threats."

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