Store owner tries to defend sign that says, ‘JEWS are banned from here!!’

German officials are speaking up after a store owner’s Israel protest sparked outrage.

Backlash came fast and furious after the 60-year-old owner of a Gothic-Utensils and technical literature store banned Jews from entering his business. The move shocked locals, many of whom saw eerie parallels to the country’s history.

“Jews are banned from entering here! Nothing personal. No antisemitism. Just can’t stand you,” the sign reportedly reads.

Look:

A sign in a German shop reads:

“JEWS are banned from here!!!! Nothing personal and not antisemitism, I just can’t stand you.”

The shop owner put it up because of Israel’s “actions in Gaza”. It’s now removed but exposes the Jew-hate just waiting to pour out. pic.twitter.com/Q04y2ExrTT

— Heidi Bachram ️ (@HeidiBachram) September 18, 2025

In an attempt to defend his act, he justified his anger to a local news outlet.

“I watch the news every evening. And when I saw what the Jews were doing in the Gaza Strip, I lost my temper and printed out the poster,” Reisch said, adding that the authorities ordered him to take down the sign on Wednesday.

Schleswig-Holstein Minister of Culture Dorit Stenke and the state’s antisemitism commissioner Gerhard Ulrich put out a joint statement condemning Reisch for his behavior.

“A sign that denies Jews access to a store is a frightening signal and an attack on the principles of our free coexistence,” Stenke said. “We cannot allow such things to continue in our society and must take decisive action against it together. Antisemitism is a threat to our democracy and must not be tolerated in any form.”

“We must stand together against every form of antisemitism,” Ulrich added. “The fight against antisemitism is a special responsibility that we bear as Germans.”

In addition, Reisch is reportedly under investigation by the state prosecutor for incitement of hatred after a total of five people, including Ulrich, filed criminal complaints.

“Antisemitic hate speech like this not only hurts those affected, but also disrupts public peace. The Flensburg incident, with its contemptuous rhetoric, is fatally reminiscent of the Nazi hate speech against Jews,” the antisemitism commissioner said.

“The outbreak of Jew-hatred in Flensburg is another example of the growing antisemitism in Schleswig-Holstein, the state officials said. In 2024, 588 antisemitic incidents were documented, an increase of 390 percent over 2023,” Fox News reported.

X users had a lot to say about the sign:

This is not representative. The vast majority of modern-day Germans would find this totally abhorrent and wouldn’t hesitate to report it to the authorities. I’ll be astonished if this person is not prosecuted.

— Ivorf #FBPE – & Threads: ivorfried (@IvorFried) September 18, 2025

And in Gremany. Hmmm. One would think someone would think this seems familiar.

— Gary McPhee (@tin_gary) September 18, 2025

The antisemitism never went away, it apparently just hid itself better.

— Belstaffie (@Belstaffie) September 19, 2025

Just like the good old days there, huh? So reflexively return to their roots.

— Marc J. Weinstein (@PhillyLitigator) September 18, 2025

That’s an example of “Self-ID transnonantisemitism”. That’s where a person is patently antisemitic but where they Self-ID as a non-antisemite trapped inside an antisemite’s body.

— Matthew Bell (@matthew_a_bell) September 18, 2025

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