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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Monday that Germany\u2019s commitment to protecting the Jewish community was being put to the test, condemning the \u201cchilling sight\u201d of kindergartens and synagogues guarded by armed police and protected by bulletproof glass.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

In a speech at a synagogue in Munich marking the anniversary of the 1938 pogrom known as Kristallnacht, or the \u201cNight of Broken Glass,\u201d which foreshadowed the Nazi Holocaust in which more than six million European Jews were murdered, Merz said antisemitism had become \u201comnipresent,\u201d according to Reuters<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

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\u201cWe see it and hear it on our streets, in our cities, in the cities of our European neighbours and around the world, in parliaments, in clubs and in schools,\u201d<\/em> he said. \u201cThat is why this is the moment of truth for \u2018Never again\u2019, a phrase we utter so often,\u201d<\/em> the German chancellor added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Monday that Germany\u2019s commitment to protecting the Jewish community was being put to the test, condemning the \u201cchilling sight\u201d of kindergartens and synagogues guarded by armed police and protected by bulletproof glass. 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