Police officers stand in front of the Reichstag as protesters tried to storm the building after a demonstration called by the far-right and COVID deniers in August 2020. Photo: John MACDOUGALL / AFP) (Photo by JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP via Getty Images Antisemitic crimes surged by nearly 30 percent in Germany last year, security officials revealed on Tuesday, amid warnings from a senior Jewish community leader that the pandemic was acting as an “accelerant, radicalising a frighteningly large proportion of the population.” The latest Interior Ministry statistics showed that politically-motivated crime had reached its highest level in Germany since officials started tracking...