It is with growing concern that we, the staff of the Ludwig Uhland Institute, observe that Jews around the world have become increasingly vulnerable to anti-Semitic attacks, including here in Tübingen. We therefore stand in solidarity with all members of the Jewish community who experience anti-Semitism and no longer feel safe in the public space. We reject any form of hatred based on religious or cultural affiliation - whether it is directed against Jews, Muslims or other groups.

Our solidarity with Jews in particular is based on our personal horror at the new anti-Semitism. Not least, it also results from the Institute’s history: both its involvement in National Socialism and the critical examination of it after the war. This history still forms an obligation for us today: Professor Utz Jeggle researched the history of Judaism in Württemberg early on and was committed to the return of Jewish life to the public sphere in Germany. Our instructors and students have researched Jewish culture and Jewish history, aspects of the Shoah and anti-Semitism in numerous seminars and studies and presented them in exhibitions and publications. To this day, we maintain good and friendly relations with Jewish researchers here and abroad. These relationships were and are precious to us. It is now our joint task to protect them.

The staff of the Ludwig Uhland Institute