HISTORICAL FACTS: Karlsruhe - Caught on Camera

Uncertainty grows among refugees and migrants as Germany heads to the polls

Rights groups say migrants and refugees live in an atmosphere of fear amid a far-right resurgence.

Al Jazeera · Feb 21, 2025

German far-right party posts fake ‘deportation tickets’ to immigrants

About 30,000 of the bording pass shaped fliers were distributed

The Independent UK · Jan 15, 2025

German police investigate AfD flyers resembling plane tickets for immigrants

Karlsruhe police say they have opened inquiry into ‘persons unknown on suspicion of incitement of racial hatred’

The Guardian - UK · Jan 14, 2025

German police at scene at hostage situation at Karlsruhe pharmacy

German police said officers were at the scene of a hostage situation in the western German city of Karlsruhe on Friday but that there was no danger to the broader public.

Reuters · Mar 10, 2023

German police storm pharmacy and arrest man after hostage situation in Karlsruhe

German police arrested a man on Friday evening after a special unit stormed a pharmacy in Karlsruhe where multiple people had been held hostage for hours.

Evening Standard · Mar 10, 2023

Julius Hirsch: The German ‘national hero’ killed by the Nazis

Only the second Jew to play for Germany, Hirsch broke records and fought in WWI for a country that would kill him.

Al Jazeera · Dec 15, 2022