In 2019, the federal states established the Joint Federal and State Commission to Fight Anti-Semitism and Protect Jewish Life. This initiative builds on Germany’s decades-long political and civil society efforts to atone for the Nazi crimes of the Holocaust and resulted in the creation of state-level Commissioners for Jewish Life and the Fight against Anti-Semitism. Hessen’s Commissioner Uwe Becker joins this episode of the Zeitgeist to discuss the role of these commissioners, how they work together, and how Germany can combat growing anti-Semitism.

Host
Jeff Rathke, President, AGI
Guests
Uwe Becker, Representative of the Hessian State Government for Jewish Life and the Fight against Anti-Semitism
Eric Langenbacher, Senior Fellow; Director, Society, Culture & Politics Program, AGI