Arson assault on the property of Brandenburg’s anti-Semitism commissioner | EUROtoday

As of: January 4, 2026 5:10 p.m

The personal property of Brandenburg anti-Semitism commissioner Büttner has grow to be the goal of a suspected arson assault. A Hamas image was hooked up to a constructing. State safety is investigating.

Another assault has been carried out in opposition to the anti-Semitism commissioner for the state of Brandenburg, Andreas Büttner. A fireplace was set on a shed on his personal property in Templin (Uckermark) on Sunday night time; in response to info from safety circles, a purple triangle as an emblem of Hamas was additionally placed on the entrance door.

The fireplace division was capable of extinguish the fireplace and nobody was injured. The state safety company started investigations into arson. In August 2024, an assault had already been carried out on Büttner’s personal automobile, wherein swastikas had been scratched into the automobile.

Woidke and Wilke outraged

Brandenburg’s Prime Minister Dietmar Woidke and Interior Minister René Wilke (each SPD) strongly condemned the assault on Sunday. Woidke declared in Potsdam that extremism in any type shouldn’t have any place in Brandenburg. “Violence against people or things is and remains absolutely unacceptable,” emphasised the Prime Minister: “The police have started investigating and I hope that the perpetrator or perpetrators will be caught quickly.”

Wilke defined that Andreas Büttner, because the state consultant for combating anti-Semitism within the state of Brandenburg, was doing “a special service to the country and its people.” The incontrovertible fact that his stand in opposition to extremism and hatred made him a goal of violence was “despicable,” emphasised Wilke: “We will continue to support Mr. Büttner.” It was lucky that nobody was injured within the assault.

Büttner would not wish to be intimidated

Büttner wrote on X on Sunday that he and his household had been in the home on the time of the arson assault and that it represented a large escalation. “It is directed against me personally, against my family and against my home.”

At the identical time, he emphasised that he wouldn’t be intimidated by violence, arson and threats: “Such acts do not make me quiet down or question my commitment – they encourage me in what I do,” continued Büttner.

Broadcast: rbb24 Inforadio, January 4th, 2026, 2:30 p.m