Merz says Germany faces historic test over rise in antisemitism

BERLIN: Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on ‌Monday that Germany faced a test of its commitment to protecting its Jewish community as he decried the “horrifying sight” of kindergartens and synagogues ​protected by bulletproof glass and armed police. Speaking at a Munich synagogue on the anniversary of the “Kristallnacht” pogrom in 1938, which foreshadowed the Nazi Holocaust that would eventually slaughter…