Incidents of anti-Semitism rose in Germany last year, especially among the youth, according to figures released last week by the General Security Service.
Reinhard Wagner, acting chairman of the Hamburg state bureau for security, reported that by mid-November 1994, the number of anti-Semitic incidents stood at 802, compared to 656 incidents during the entire year of 1993.
However, there was a change in the character of the acts and in the age groups of the violators, Wagner said.
Fewer Jewish cemeteries were desecrated last year in comparison with the previous year. But more of ethnic incitement were recorded, particularly the denial of the Holocaust.
A record high of 78 percent of the perpetrators were younger than 20.
One of the primary reasons for the growing number of youths associated with anti Semitism is the spreading phenomenon of computer games, such as games that glorify Adolf Hitler, according to the security service.
Another means of spreading anti-Semitic propaganda is by mail, Wagner said.
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