The graffiti appeared in a leafy residential district in the German capital where many Israelis and Jewish families live. Over the weekend, the scale of the vandalism expanded from a single building to multiple facades spanning roughly 60 meters, according to residents. Messages included “kill all Jews” and “a good Jew is a dead Jew” alongside large swastikas.
Residents said they initially tried to cover the symbols themselves using silver-gray paint and by placing tape and paper over the slogans, at times replacing them with large heart shapes. Police were later seen at the scene.
“We are all in shock and extremely angry,” one resident told reporters, adding that some in the community felt they had ignored earlier antisemitic rhetoric that had escalated online and in public discourse before reaching their neighborhood.
Additional markings in the area included Arabic writing containing the word “paradise” and the number “271,” which some far-right groups associate with Holocaust denial narratives.
In a separate incident reported by German media, antisemitic graffiti was also found inside the stairwell of a residential building housing Jewish families following a reported break-in.
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An inscription and a swastika in a neighborhood in Berlin where many Jews live
(Photo: Bild, from the Social Security Authority)
The Berlin police have not publicly detailed arrests in connection with the vandalism.
Separately, German newspaper Bild reported that two Jewish students wearing kippahs were verbally harassed in central Berlin after leaving a discussion on antisemitism at the Bundestag. According to the report, two women in a passing car shouted “Free Palestine” and an obscene slogan directed at Israel, while making an offensive gesture. The students recorded the vehicle’s license plate and posted footage online.
Vandalism of the 'Palestine Action' group in Berlin
One of the students, Ron Dekel, later told Bild that a woman from the same incident confronted him again near a synagogue, telling him to delete the video.
In another development, a group calling itself “Palestine Action Germany” published footage of vandalism at a logistics facility in Potsdam, west of Berlin. In the video, activists are seen breaking windows and spray-painting slogans. The group accused the company of transporting weapons for an Israeli defense contractor.
First published: 14:25, 04.28.26