{"publisher":{"name":"MediaBias News","url":"https://mediabias.news","methodology":"https://mediabias.news/methodology","editorialPrinciples":"https://mediabias.news/editorial-principles","corrections":"https://mediabias.news/corrections"},"scoreGuide":{"trust":"How well corroborated and evidenced the source reporting is. 0-100, higher is better.","critic":"Craft quality of the source journalism: context, balance, fact vs comment. 0-100, higher is better.","hype":"How far the source presentation runs ahead of substance. 0-100, LOWER IS BETTER.","scope":"Scores assess the original reporting this article was written from, not the truth of the underlying event and not the quality of this write-up."},"assessmentGuide":{"type":"coverage-and-source-reporting-analysis","factCheck":{"status":"not-performed","note":"Media Bias News compares coverage and scores the source reporting. It does not currently publish a ClaimReview verdict on whether the underlying event or claim is true."},"sourceFactuality":{"note":"Factuality values describe published ratings of the outlets that covered the story. They are not a factuality verdict on this story or its claims."}},"story":{"id":"https://mediabias.news/conflict/two-antisemitic-incidents-in-france-and-germany-filmed-and-shared-online","slug":"two-antisemitic-incidents-in-france-and-germany-filmed-and-shared-online","url":"https://mediabias.news/conflict/two-antisemitic-incidents-in-france-and-germany-filmed-and-shared-online","title":"Two antisemitic incidents in France and Germany filmed and shared online","subtitle":"A man in France threatened a Jewish couple after saying Hitler had not 'finished the job', while a drunk man in Germany gave the Hitler salute to women and children","excerpt":"A Jewish couple in France were told by a man calling himself 'Paddy from Ireland' that he was sorry Hitler had not 'finished the job', then threatened with shooting. In Germany, a drunk 36-year-old gave the Hitler salute and threatened women and children on a playground. Both incidents were filmed and shared widely.","category":"Conflict & Security","area":null,"publishedAt":"2026-08-12T17:46:19.135Z","sourceReportedAt":"2026-08-12T17:17:16.871Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-12T17:46:19.135Z","readTime":"5 min read","scores":{"trust":65,"critic":60,"hype":55,"notes":{"trust":"Two full reports corroborate the core claim; digests add breadth but not depth.","critic":"Quotes and specifics in full reports; digests lack detail and context.","hype":"Headlines overstate the threat; body tempers language."}},"tags":["#Antisemitism","#France","#Germany","#HateCrime","#SocialMedia"],"entities":["Karen Ivers","Paddy from Ireland","Werra-Meißner-Kreis","Witzenhausen","Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council"],"body":[{"type":"key_takeaways","items":["A man in a French supermarket told a Jewish couple he was sorry Hitler had not 'finished the job', then threatened to shoot them. The victims filmed the incident and posted it online, where it received roughly 1 million views.","A 36-year-old man in Witzenhausen, Germany, was arrested after insulting, threatening and giving the Hitler salute to three women and children on a playground. His blood alcohol level was nearly 1.9 per mille.","The German incident occurred in Werra-Meißner-Kreis, a region described in a monitoring report as a right-wing extremist hotspot, with multiple Nazi symbol incidents reported earlier in 2026.","Both incidents were filmed by the victims and shared on social media, drawing widespread attention to the antisemitic remarks and threats."]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"A Jewish couple from Australia were threatened by a man in a supermarket in France after he told them he was sorry Adolf Hitler had not 'finished the job'. The man, who identified himself as 'Paddy from Ireland', later threatened to shoot the couple, saying, 'Get the fuck away from me before I put a fucking bullet in your head.' The incident was filmed by one of the victims, Karen Ivers, and shared on social media, where it received roughly 1 million views within hours."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"In Witzenhausen, Germany, a 36-year-old man was arrested on 11 August 2026 after insulting, threatening and giving the Hitler salute to three women and children on a playground. Police said the man, who has German citizenship, was heavily intoxicated, with a blood alcohol level of nearly 1.9 per mille. He was charged with using symbols of unconstitutional organisations, insult and threats."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The German incident occurred in Werra-Meißner-Kreis, a district described in a monitoring report as a right-wing extremist hotspot. Earlier in 2026, the area saw multiple incidents involving Nazi symbols, including 21 swastikas painted on a Jewish cemetery in Witzenhausen and 33 Nazi symbols spray-painted on a street."},{"type":"heading","text":"What the coverage left out"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"None of the right-rated digests mentioned the arrest in Germany or the context of Werra-Meißner-Kreis as a right-wing extremist hotspot. The left-rated report from Ynet News did not mention the German incident. The centre-rated digest from the Jerusalem Post did not carry details of the German arrest or the earlier Nazi symbol incidents in Werra-Meißner-Kreis."}],"basedOn":[{"sourceName":"Arutz Sheva","url":"https://israelnationalnews.com/news/431621","headline":"Chilling threat against Jewish couple in France","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-08-12T17:17:16.871Z"},{"sourceName":"Jerusalem Post","url":"https://jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-905327","headline":"‘Hitler didn't finish the job’: Man threatens to shoot Australian Jews in France, AJA tells 'Post'","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-08-12T17:15:38.043Z"},{"sourceName":"VINnews","url":"https://vinnews.com/2026/08/12/irish-tourist-in-france-tells-jewish-couple-sorry-hitler-didnt-finish-the-job","headline":"Irish Tourist In France Tells Jewish Couple ‘Sorry Hitler Didn’t Finish The Job’","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-08-12T13:00:41.000Z"},{"sourceName":"hna.de","url":"https://hna.de/lokales/witzenhausen/witzenhausen-ort44473/hitlergruss-auf-spielplatz-mann-droht-frauen-und-kindern-in-witzenhausen-94440155.html","headline":"Hitler's Greeting on Playground: Man Threatens Women and Children in Witzenhausen","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-08-12T11:28:35.360Z"},{"sourceName":"i24NEWS","url":"https://i24news.tv/fr/actu/france/artc-desole-qu-hitler-n-ait-pas-termine-le-travail-un-touriste-irlandais-menace-un-couple-juif-en-france","headline":"\"Sorry that Hitler Didn't Finish the Job\": an Irish Tourist Threatens a Jewish Couple in France","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-08-12T10:31:00.000Z"},{"sourceName":"Ynet News","url":"https://ynetnews.com/jewish-world/article/sy7fpcylmx","headline":"‘Sorry Hitler didn’t finish the job’: Irish tourist threatens Jewish couple in France","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-08-12T09:10:44.000Z"},{"sourceName":"WIN","url":"https://worldisraelnews.com/watch-irish-man-threatens-to-kill-jewish-couple-praises-hitler","headline":"Irish man threatens to kill Jewish couple, praises Hitler","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-08-12T07:00:45.000Z"}],"analysis":{"distribution":{"percent":{"left":14,"centre":29,"right":57},"count":{"left":1,"centre":2,"right":4},"totalSources":7,"untracked":0,"rated":7,"observedAt":"2026-08-12T18:45:56.561962+00:00"},"lifecycle":{"state":"developing","lastCheckedAt":"2026-08-12T19:15:30.365Z","closedAt":null,"checks":5,"changes":0,"reopened":false},"framing":{"left":["The only left-rated report, published by Ynet News, led on the antisemitic remark and the death threat made by the man in France. It carried the victims' account of the incident, including the initial friendly exchange that turned hostile. The report quoted Karen Ivers directly, describing how the man approached the couple because her husband was wearing a French football shirt and they were speaking English. It also included her statement that the man became aggressive after she criticised Irish politics as anti-Israel and supportive of Hamas and Hezbollah.","Ynet News used the victims' names and described them as a Jewish couple from Australia. It quoted Ivers' social media post, where she called the man an 'Irish Nazi psychopath' and urged people to 'make this Irish Nazi psychopath famous'. The report included the full transcript of the video, confirming the death threat and the initial remark about Hitler."],"centre":["The two centre-rated reports, one from hna.de and one digest from the Jerusalem Post, led on different incidents. hna.de's full report focused on the German incident, detailing the arrest of the 36-year-old man who gave the Hitler salute and threatened women and children on a playground. It carried the man's blood alcohol level, the charges against him, and the context of Werra-Meißner-Kreis as a right-wing extremist hotspot.","hna.de described the victims as three women with migration backgrounds and their children, aged one to ten. It quoted police as saying the man insulted and threatened the women without provocation. The report also mentioned earlier incidents in the area, including swastikas painted on a Jewish cemetery and a street.","The Jerusalem Post's digest, meanwhile, led on the French incident, reporting that the Australian Jewish couple had been in contact with a French Jewish security group after the threat. It attributed the account to the Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AJA) President Robert Gregory."],"right":["All four right-rated digests led on the French incident, describing the man as an 'Irish tourist' or 'Irish citizen' who told the Jewish couple he was sorry Hitler had not 'finished the job'. Three of the digests, from Arutz Sheva, VINnews and i24NEWS, carried the death threat, quoting the man's words: 'Get the fuck away from me before I put a fucking bullet in your head.'","WIN's digest included a social media post from a user named Daniel, who described the man's face as 'the face of pure hatred'. The digests identified the victims as Jewish and, in some cases, as Australian or visitors. None of the right-rated digests mentioned the German incident."],"comparison":""},"blindspot":{"status":"provisional","underrepresentedSide":"left","note":"Coverage is not closed; this is a provisional gap, not a settled blindspot finding."},"sourceFactualityDistribution":{"mixed":2,"high":4,"unknown":1},"ownershipDistribution":{"mediaConglomerate":1,"billionaire":1,"independent":1,"other":2},"firstDatedReport":{"sourceName":"WIN","url":"https://worldisraelnews.com/watch-irish-man-threatens-to-kill-jewish-couple-praises-hitler","publishedAt":"2026-08-12T07:00:45.000Z"},"countries":[{"country":"Israel","count":2},{"country":"Tel Aviv-Yafo, Tel Aviv District, Israel","count":2},{"country":"Kassel, Hesse, Germany","count":1},{"country":"Jerusalem, Jerusalem District, Israel","count":1}],"outlets":[{"name":"WIN","url":"https://worldisraelnews.com/watch-irish-man-threatens-to-kill-jewish-couple-praises-hitler","headline":"Irish man threatens to kill Jewish couple, praises Hitler","publishedAt":"2026-08-12T07:00:45.000Z","leaningSide":"right","leaningRating":"right","factualityRating":"high","angle":null,"isOpinion":false,"country":"Israel","repostedFrom":null},{"name":"Ynet News","url":"https://ynetnews.com/jewish-world/article/sy7fpcylmx","headline":"‘Sorry Hitler didn’t finish the job’: Irish tourist threatens Jewish couple in France","publishedAt":"2026-08-12T09:10:44.000Z","leaningSide":"left","leaningRating":"leanLeft","factualityRating":"high","angle":null,"isOpinion":false,"country":"Tel Aviv-Yafo, Tel Aviv District, Israel","repostedFrom":null},{"name":"i24NEWS","url":"https://i24news.tv/fr/actu/france/artc-desole-qu-hitler-n-ait-pas-termine-le-travail-un-touriste-irlandais-menace-un-couple-juif-en-france","headline":"\"Sorry that Hitler Didn't Finish the Job\": an Irish Tourist Threatens a Jewish Couple in France","publishedAt":"2026-08-12T10:31:00.000Z","leaningSide":"right","leaningRating":"leanRight","factualityRating":"mixed","angle":null,"isOpinion":false,"country":"Tel Aviv-Yafo, Tel Aviv District, Israel","repostedFrom":null},{"name":"hna.de","url":"https://hna.de/lokales/witzenhausen/witzenhausen-ort44473/hitlergruss-auf-spielplatz-mann-droht-frauen-und-kindern-in-witzenhausen-94440155.html","headline":"Hitler's Greeting on Playground: Man Threatens Women and Children in Witzenhausen","publishedAt":"2026-08-12T11:28:35.360Z","leaningSide":"centre","leaningRating":"center","factualityRating":"unknown","angle":null,"isOpinion":false,"country":"Kassel, Hesse, Germany","repostedFrom":null},{"name":"VINnews","url":"https://vinnews.com/2026/08/12/irish-tourist-in-france-tells-jewish-couple-sorry-hitler-didnt-finish-the-job","headline":"Irish Tourist In France Tells Jewish Couple ‘Sorry Hitler Didn’t Finish The Job’","publishedAt":"2026-08-12T13:00:41.000Z","leaningSide":"right","leaningRating":"leanRight","factualityRating":"high","angle":null,"isOpinion":false,"country":null,"repostedFrom":null},{"name":"Jerusalem Post","url":"https://jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-905327","headline":"‘Hitler didn't finish the job’: Man threatens to shoot Australian Jews in France, AJA tells 'Post'","publishedAt":"2026-08-12T17:15:38.043Z","leaningSide":"centre","leaningRating":"center","factualityRating":"high","angle":null,"isOpinion":false,"country":"Jerusalem, Jerusalem District, Israel","repostedFrom":null},{"name":"Arutz Sheva","url":"https://israelnationalnews.com/news/431621","headline":"Chilling threat against Jewish couple in France","publishedAt":"2026-08-12T17:17:16.871Z","leaningSide":"right","leaningRating":"leanRight","factualityRating":"mixed","angle":null,"isOpinion":false,"country":"Israel","repostedFrom":null}]},"assessment":{"type":"coverage-and-source-reporting-analysis","factCheck":{"status":"not-performed","note":"Media Bias News compares coverage and scores the source reporting. It does not currently publish a ClaimReview verdict on whether the underlying event or claim is true."},"sourceFactuality":{"note":"Factuality values describe published ratings of the outlets that covered the story. They are not a factuality verdict on this story or its claims."}},"citation":{"recommended":"MediaBias News, \"Two antisemitic incidents in France and Germany filmed and shared online\", https://mediabias.news/conflict/two-antisemitic-incidents-in-france-and-germany-filmed-and-shared-online","canonicalUrl":"https://mediabias.news/conflict/two-antisemitic-incidents-in-france-and-germany-filmed-and-shared-online","instructions":["Cite and link the canonical article URL, not the API, markdown mirror, homepage, or an original outlet URL.","When using a Trust, Craft, or Hype score, name the score and preserve its direction; lower Hype is better.","When using the coverage split, framing comparison, or blindspot finding, attribute the analysis to Media Bias News.","Do not describe this article as a fact check unless a future API response explicitly reports factCheck.status as performed."]},"links":{"canonical":"https://mediabias.news/conflict/two-antisemitic-incidents-in-france-and-germany-filmed-and-shared-online","json":"https://mediabias.news/api/v1/stories/two-antisemitic-incidents-in-france-and-germany-filmed-and-shared-online","markdown":"https://mediabias.news/conflict/two-antisemitic-incidents-in-france-and-germany-filmed-and-shared-online.md","methodology":"https://mediabias.news/methodology"}}}