By COLlive reporter
Two frum Jewish women are arrested on the charge of shoplifting from the Primark clothing and accessories store in Berlin, Germany, on Tuesday.
The two, a mother and daughter, are residents of Jerusalem and were in the country as part of a group trip of frum women, the website ch10.co.il reported.
While shopping at the store located in the Alexanderplatz public square and transport hub in the central Mitte district of Berlin, the store manager accused the two of stealing items from Primark.
He had the women detained by employees until Berlin Police arrived and arrested them for suspected theft.
A family member said that the two were taken to a detention center where they were subjected to what he called “terrible abuse.” He said the wigs they wear for religious reasons were removed from their heads.
“The mother, who is pregnant, was taken to the hospital for treatment, following a complicated situation that happened as a result of this incident which upset her very seriously,” he said.
Both women strongly deny the allegations.
Their relative explained that the daughter didn’t have enough funds to pay for her items and crossed the electronic security system threshold when calling out to her mother.
Chabad Berlin, led by Rabbi Yehuda Teichtal and Rabbi Shmuel Segal, are providing kosher food for the women and are in touch with the authorities to have their wigs returned to them.
Prison authorities explained that according to prison regulations, a prisoner is forbidden to have a foreign object and that a wig is an “impersonal object.” The rabbis are arguing a wig is to be considered a personal object like clothing.
The two were brought before a judge on Wednesday and are now in a women’s prison where they will remain until a hearing on Friday.
If you walk outside of any store without paying for goods it’s called stealing. That’s what they’re accused of.
How frum are they? Just because women wear wigs doesn’t make them frum. If they did steal it’s a hillul Hashem.
That’s why the only honest answer can be משיח כאו!
plenty of antisemitism in USA don’t kid yourself
fyi most of the jews in germany today are first generation immigrants. for example, many russian jews (as well as jews from other countries) looking for a place that would both grant them legal entry and also hold promise of good employment, have immigrated to germany. they are definitely not descendants of german jews seeking to re-establish an old community. except for shluchim who are there to help yidden find/maintain their jewish identity and grow in their observance of torah and mitzvohs,i find the thought of yidden choosing to immigrate to germany extremely disconcerting. i wouldn’t move there even if… Read more »
Sounds like a reasonable story, that without thinking, one could easily pass the electronic security system. Horrid experience for them, hope they will be home soon
Jews live in Germany and not in America because America doesn’t want them, you need a green card to live in America you can’t just move. Not all survivers moved out of Germany so now there grandkids live there, you can’t just tell a million people to leave (because their grandparents were Nazis).
That’s how the community rebuilt itself.
It’s got nothing to do with getting arrested, it’s the fact that this is the place of Amalek, this is where Nazism started & is a Jewish grave yard, it’s not the fact that they got arrested, it’s what are they doing in Berlin, where they smashed Jewish stores on Kristel Nacht, where Jews weren’t wanted, Murdered & killed, don’t u get it, it has nothing 2 do with what happened, Jews don’t belong in Berlin or anywhere in Germany for that matter, what don’t u get, it’s an Anti Semitic county things haven’t changed there, & just bec other… Read more »
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well ya, except for that small thing about their being german and everything
goes in the millions, russians, lsraelis germans and everyone else, l buy german made stuff, the quality is good
Do you claim racism for every jew who gets arrested in Israel for shoplifting? Crying wolf all the time, eventually you won’t be heard.
Why would anyone steal from Primark where nothings worth or costs more then a half a dollar lol
Why do you automatically assume it’s racism? The Germans could have assumed it was shoplifting…. it is obviously a misunderstanding, but to automatically say it’s racism and nazi etc, without fact or reason is silly
Major ditto
Germany
Who by the way joined the others in condemning Trumps recognising Jerusalem as our eternal capital
Spending any money in Germany is lining the pockets of those whose parents and grandparents murdered 6m
Stay out of Germany PEROID!!
i don’t know whether they did or didn’t shoplift; presumably they didn’t and it’ll be the shopkeeper’s word against theirs – unless there are cameras to prove otherwise, but for the life of me I don’t get a frum Jewish woman, or, worse still, a whole group of them, choosing to tour Berlin. Hope for their sake that they’ll be thrown out of that country in a hurry.
No one gets to keep their stuff when they go to jail. How do ppl not know this?
to visit sites there where our ancestors were killed. If it was for touring now may not be the best time. Time now to work on bringing the Geulah Schleima!
If you’re gona go on a Frum ladies only group trip, Please Tell Me Why Of All Cities & Places In The World Would U Go To Berlin, Germany ? Don’t U Know That’s Where Hitler Y”S Started Nazisism & The Anti Semitic Rallies He Held As Well As Most Of The Nazis Came From There, Its a Jew Hating Country, U Think Just Bec it’s After The Holocaust things have changed there, they Murdered Jews there, There are so many other cities u can go 2 like Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Chicago, Miami, Detroit, Houston, Montreal, Boston, Toronto,… Read more »
Natzis will always be natzis
Yes.
The fact that they had a wig, might make the case for shoplifting.
We can always get another shaitel. ask for an extra shirt and make a covering. Please come home safe…
anti-semitisim is alive and well in Germany
as Moslem and other nationalities that cover their heads are allowed to do so almost anywhere. Could be just a cultural misunderstanding or actual anti-semitism at work.