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ANNUAL REPORT ON MANIFESTATIONS OF ANTISEMITISM IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC IN 2019 Published by the Federation of Jewish Communities in the Czech Republic. This text may be used only with prior permission from the Federation of Jewish Communities in the Czech Republic. Have you been a victim of, or have you witnessed an antisemitic incident? Do not keep it to yourself and write to us. Contact e- mail: [email protected] Antisemitic Incident Report form: nahlasincident.cz With financial support from the Ministry of Culture Czech Republic and the Foundation for Holocaust Victims CONTENT 1. SUMMARY OF THE SITUATION IN 2019 ...........................................................................................................................6 5. 2. According to target .............................................................................................................................................36 2. INTRODUCTION........................... .................................................................................................................................................10 5. 2. 1. Targeted ...................................................................................................................................................... 37 2. 1. The objective of the annual report on manifestations 5. 2. 2. General ........................................................................................................................................................ 37 of antisemitism in 2019 ....................................................................................................................................... 11 5. 3. According to ideology .......................................................................................................................................38 2. 2. Methodology and terminology ..................................................................................................................... 11 5. 3. 1. Far-right extremism ...........................................................................................................................39 2. 3. Working definition of antisemitism .......................................................................................................... 11 5. 3. 2. Far-left extremism .............................................................................................................................. 40 2. 4. 3D test ........................................................................................................................................................................... 12 5. 3. 3. Islamism .................................................................................................................................................... 40 3. MAJOR ANTISEMITISM EVENTS AND TRENDS IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC ..........................................14 5. 3. 4. Ultraconservative christian fundamentalism .................................................................. 40 3. 1. Response to the 2018 Annual Report on Manifestations of Antisemitism .................... 15 5. 3. 5. Disinformation platforms ...............................................................................................................42 3. 2. The right and the far right...............................................................................................................................16 5. 3. 6. Unspecified ..............................................................................................................................................43 3. 2. 1. Traditional extreme right entities ..............................................................................................16 5. 4. According to content ........................................................................................................................................ 44 3. 2. 2. Xenophobic populist political parties .....................................................................................17 5. 4. 1. Physical aggression ............................................................................................................................45 3. 3. The left and ultra-left ..........................................................................................................................18 5. 4. 2. Threats, approval, justification or instigation of physical assault ........................45 3. 4. Disinformation platforms ................................................................................................................................19 5. 4. 3. Mendacious, dehumanising, demonising, vulgar or stereotypical allegations 3. 5. Publishing activity ................................................................................................................................................19 and conspiration theories ..............................................................................................................45 3. 6. Other major media cases ...............................................................................................................................20 5. 4. 4. Denial of the fact, scope and mechanism of the holocaust ...................................47 3. 7. The issue of hostile prejudice ........................................................................................................................ 21 5. 4. 5. New antisemitism and bds .......................................................................................................... 48 3. 8. Manifestations of antisemitism according to CR Police statistics ..................................... 22 5. 5. According to medium .......................................................................................................................................50 4. EUROPE AND THE WORLD .................................................................................................................................................26 5. 5. 1. Personal confrontation and interaction ................................................................................ 51 5. CATEGORIES OF ANTISEMITIC INCIDENTS ...............................................................................................................30 5. 5. 2. Public space .............................................................................................................................................. 51 5. 1. According to type ................................................................................................................................................. 32 5. 5. 3. Letters and emails ............................................................................................................................... 52 5. 1. 1. Physical assault on persons .......................................................................................................... 33 5. 5. 4. Printed media ......................................................................................................................................... 52 5. 1. 2. Attacks against jewish property, desecration ................................................................... 33 5. 5. 5. The internet .............................................................................................................................................. 52 5. 1. 3. Threats, offence, harassment ....................................................................................................... 33 6. ANNEXES 5. 1. 4. Texts, depictions, audiovisual manifestations ..................................................................34 List of abbreviations ..........................................................................................................................................................................58 7 Annual Report on Manifestations of Antisemitism in the Czech Republic in 2019 In 2019 the Federation of Jewish Communities tisemitic manifestations of hatred in the virtual in the Czech Republic (FJC) recorded a total of environment (articles, posts on social networks, 694 antisemitic incidents. This is twice as many anonymous comments and discussions contri- as in 2018 when 347 incidents were recorded. butions) account for 95 % of all recorded inci- The grouping of these incidents into categories dents. We consider it necessary to point out that is explained in chapter 5. 1 of this report. the sharp increase in the number of incidents recorded on the internet compared to 2018 need Violent antisemitic incidents are still isolated in not necessarily reflect a dramatic worsening the Czech Republic. No case of physical aggressi- of antisemitic moods in the Czech Republic. on with an antisemitic motive was recorded in Methods of collecting and processing data for 2019. Nevertheless, with view to the fact that the the purpose of drafting annual reports are being victims of violent acts often do not report the in- continuously developed and improved and it is cident, it is advisable to approach statistical out- thus possible that the increase of the number of put of this kind with a certain amount of caution. incidents captured on the internet is due to more 1. effective monitoring. In 2019, three cases of devaluation of Jewish pro- perty by antisemitic inscriptions (graffiti), sym- Fake news websites were a significant route bols etc., and six incidents falling under the cate- through which antisemitic content has been gory of threat of violent

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