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1998
Czechia
Antisemitism

A Neo-Nazi knife attack on a young man of Jewish origin

On November 8, 1998, a group of neo-Nazis, heavily intoxicated, gathered in a Prague bar and began shouting Nazi slogans. Their behavior provoked disapproval from other patrons, one of whom revealed that he was of Jewish origin. After leaving the bar, the confrontation escalated when a neo-Nazi attacked him with a knife, inflicting serious injuries.

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