Josef Schuster

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Mourners gathered in front of the synagogue on Thursday

On the rain-soaked flowers and small lanterns left by well-wishers, the are bullet holes clearly visible in the small wooden door of the synagogue in the hall. The door was All That stood between armed extremists and the worshippers inside The Building , in order to pray on the holiest day of the Jewish year.

Christina Feist was in there, as the shooter tried - and failed -to shoot His Way into The Building .

"We were actually just in The Middle of the Shacharit, which is the dawn prayer, the reading of the Torah, as I Heard and saw explosions, and two clouds of smoke directly in front of The Window ," She Said . "For a few seconds all were silent, And Then all of a sudden everything went super-fast. The cantor-who is the prayer leads immediately understood what was going on.

"He said:" All get out of Here - go to the next room, go up the stairs, on The Floor , go down and go away from the Windows. '"

The horror and the confusion that engulfed the hall on Wednesday was replaced by confusion and painful questions. What many want to be in the hall of the Jewish Community - and others - know why there was no police guard to protect them: a situation that Josef Schuster , the President of Germany is the Central Council of Jews, described as scandalous.

Most Jewish institutions in Germany are protected - at least on Holy Days , But it is not that some synagogues have in the smaller towns, that the safety, pointing with a police Union that it was A Question of lack of resources.

The investigation continues, it has also become clear that the perpetrator was not the full extent of his murderous ambitions recognize. Not turned when the 27-year-old German was able to enter the synagogue to other destinations in the vicinity, the killing of a woman in The Street and attack on a kebab shop, where he killed A Man .

And its obvious motivation, the right-wing extremism and anti-Semitism, he introduced the two and during the attacks, which he filmed and streamed online, the country is horrified.

"Unfortunately, we have to us is The Truth , and The Truth , and has been for a while Now that The Threat level is due to anti-Semitism, right-wing extremism and right-wing Terror in Germany, very high," German Interior Minister , Horst Seehofer , admitted on Thursday.

For Igor , we met when he was in the vicinity of the synagogue, rain-discover his kippah, which is no surprise. A young man, he told us that he would not usually wear the Jewish skull-cap in public, But he wanted to show his solidarity Today .

Igor Matvieyets experiences of fear and intimidation as a young Jewish man

He said that before the attacks that he feared.

"is Jewish life, unfortunately, nothing is normal in Germany," he said. "I know of people who wear the yarmulke in The Street - you get aggressive comments, or people spitting in your direction. "

to respond As The Authorities scramble, it is an overwhelming feeling of sadness. This Country is so ashamed of his past, Must , it seems, Now against a painful present.

And do this the right way, said Christina, the, what is said in those terrible hours in the interior of the synagogue, Germany has a problem with anti-Semitism.

"the politicians keep telling us, this is terrible. It should never happen again, But we have heard that for years - Decades - and it happens again and again. "

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Source of news: bbc.com