Germany: Ulm synagogue arson trial begins A 47-year-old man is on trial over what is thought to have been an antisemitic arson attack on the synagogue in the southern German city of Ulm in 2021.

December 21, 2023   

(Deutsche Welle) A 47-year-old Turkish man who is alleged to have carried out an arson attack on a synagogue in Ulm more than two years ago went on trial at the district court in the southern city on Thursday.

Prosecutors in the nearby city of Stuttgart believe that the crime in June 2021 was motivated by antisemitic sentiment.

What were the circumstances of the attack?

The man is alleged to have poured gasoline alongside a wall of the synagogue and then to have set it on fire.

The conflagration left burn marks on the facade and covered a window with soot.

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