Jewish? Gay? Berlin’s Police Chief Warns Against Visiting Neighborhoods Where Arabs Live

Germany’s supposedly vibrant and exciting capital is the latest major European city to fall prey to intolerance.

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Police block the entrance gate at Humboldt University during a pro-Palestine demonstration as a Jewish protester stands outside on May 03, 2024 at Berlin, Germany. Sean Gallup/Getty Images

Achtung, traveler. Berlin, history’s prizewinner for Europe’s cruelest capital, can once again no longer be considered safe for residents or visitors who are visibly either Jewish or gay — and that is according to the city’s chief of police, Barbara Slowik. 

In an interview with the Berliner Zeitung, Chief Slowik said that Jews and homosexuals should avoid places in Berlin where “people of Arab descent” who have “sympathies for terrorist groups” live.

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