According to a report commissioned by the German Bundestag (parliament), a fifth of all Germans are anti-Semites, the Coordination Forum for Countering Antisemitism reports.

The report is available here on pdf in German >

The study states that anti-Jewish feeling is “significantly” entrenched in German society, and the internet has helped spread Holocaust denial, and far-right and extreme Islamist views.

The findings listed the cause of continuing anti-Semitism as “based on widespread prejudice, deeply-rooted cliches and also on plain ignorance of Jews and Judaism,” the BBCreports.