Berlin celebrates start of Hanukkah by lighting biggest menorah in Europe
By DW
24 December 2019 |
3:02 pm
Over 2,000 people attended the event at Brandenburg Gate, while Jews in Munich recognized International Holocaust Survivors Night. Religious and political leaders denounced anti-Semitism and far-right extremism.
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