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1997
Slovakia
Antisemitism

Antisemitic Assault on Bratislava Rabbi by Skinheads

In 1997, Bratislava’s chief rabbi Baruch Myers was violently attacked by a group of skinheads in the city center. The assault combined antisemitic verbal abuse with physical violence, highlighting the continued presence of neo‑Nazi youth activity and exposing the vulnerability of visible Jewish figures in post‑communist Slovakia.

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