Antisemitismus sichtbar machen. Die Hamburger Hinweisstelle für rassistische, antisemitische und rechte Vorfälle (HiNT)

Larissa Denk and Shelly Meyer in conversation with Olaf Kistenmacher

Making Anti-Semitism Visible: The Hamburg Reporting Center for Racist, Anti-Semitic, and Far-Right Incidents (HiNT)

HiNT, the reporting center for racist, antisemitic, and far-right incidents, has been in operation since 2025 and recently published its first report (https://hint.hamburg). The reporting center records not only incidents relevant under criminal law but also those that are not criminal offenses, placing them within a broader social context. But the problem remains that reporting centers never fully capture the full extent of the issue. This evening, we want to discuss how HiNT operates, with a special focus on anti-Semitic incidents: How are they reported and categorized? How are anti-Semitism and racism connected? How does HiNT differ from other reporting centers such as the Research and Information Center on Antisemitism (RIAS) in Berlin?

Dr. Larissa Denkwrote her dissertation on the Jewish community in South Africa and has been active in political education for many years. She heads HiNT at the Johann Daniel Lawaetz Foundation.

Shelly Meyerhas long been involved in political education against antisemitism and racism, with a focus on media literacy. She served on the board of the Jewish Community in Hamburg (https://shellymeyer.de).

Moderator: Dr. Olaf Kistenmacher, historian       

Anti-Semitism is a serious problem today. This has been impossible to ignore in the recent past. Even before the attack in Halle in 2019, Jews were being attacked on the streets; new far-right movements and parties are calling for an end to the “dictatorship of memory,” and anti-Semitic conspiracy theories are becoming increasingly widespread. This series of events examines the current manifestations of anti-Semitism in various political, ideological, and religious circles, while also presenting initiatives and practical ways to take action against anti-Semitism in the 21st century.

A series of events organized by the Hamburg State Agency for Political Education in cooperation with “Hamburg Networked Against the Far Right”—the coordination office of the Hamburg Advisory Network Against Right-Wing Extremism—and the Society for Christian-Jewish Cooperation in Hamburg e. V.

As organizers, we reserve the right at all events to exercise our right to admit or exclude persons and to deny access to or remove from events any individuals who belong to far-right parties or organizations, are associated with the far-right scene, or have previously made anti-Semitic, racist, ethno-nationalist, nationalist, or other inhuman remarks.