Hundreds of people took to the streets in Oldenburg to show solidarity with the German northern city's Jewish community following an attack on a local synagogue earlier this week.
Police are investigating after an unidentified perpetrator threw an incendiary device against the synagogue's door on Friday afternoon.
A fire broke out but was quickly discovered by caretaker staff of a neighbouring cultural centre who put out the flames. No one was injured, but police are still searching for suspects.
Some 400 people took part in Sunday's rally organized by an Oldenburg alliance against anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism, according to police estimates.
They gathered at Julius Mosen square only some 100 metres from the synagogue. Participants waved Israeli flags and held placards with slogans against anti-Semitism.
The chairwoman of the Jewish community group in Oldenburg, Claire Schaub-Moore, thanked citizens in a speech for the great support the Jewish community had received following the attack. "We are deeply impressed by this solidarity," she said. "We feel this strength and it is much greater than what happened on our doorstep, on the doorstep of the synagogue."
