Interior Minister Horst Seehofer (pictured on Tuesday) said: ‘This (anti-Semitic) development in Germany is not only troubling, but in view of our history, deeply shameful.’<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The demonstrations have become increasingly violent, and the country’s domestic intelligence service late last month said it had put some members of the loose-knit Querdenker movement under observation.<\/p>\n

The protests have brought together a broad range of demonstrators, including people opposing vaccinations, others who deny the existence of the coronavirus, mask opponents, conspiracy theorists and others.<\/p>\n

Seehofer said the protests have also attracted neo-Nazis and other right-wing extremists, and have regularly become violent.<\/p>\n

‘At these gatherings organized by the so-called Querdenker movement, attacks are directed against police officers and the press,’ Seehofer said.<\/p>\n