This is the shocking moment a Jewish man captured his own anti-Semitic attack on the streets of Berlin yesterday.

Adam Armush, 21, says he and a friend were walking down the street wearing kippas when they were sworn at by three unknown men, who assaulted them when they asked them to stop.

The video, recorded on his mobile phone and published by Bild, shows a young man viciously beating him with a belt while shouting 'Yahudi' - 'Jew' in Arabic.



Shocking: Adam Armush, 21, was able to film on his mobile phone as another young man viciously beat him with a belt while shouting 'Yahudi' - 'Jew' in Arabic in Berlin yesterday

The incident took place at the Helmholtzplatz, a public park in southern Berlin, near Mr Armush's home.

'We came out of our home, my friend and I, wearing our kippas, and walked down the street. We weren't talking with anyone else,' Mr Armush told Israeli broadcaster Kan, according to Times of Israel.

He describes how a group of three young men standing on the street began cursing at them for wearing kippas.

'When they kept cursing us, my friend asked them to stop cursing, and that got them angry. So one of them ran at me.

Victim: Mr Armush, 21, says he and a friend were attacked for wearing kippas in public in southern Berlin on Tuesday

Anti-Semitic attack: The unidentified attacker can be seen swinging his belt and whipping Mr Armush and his companion

'I immediately felt it was important to film, because I didn't think we could catch him before police arrived. I wanted to give police something to go on.'

The video has been handed over to Berlin police, who say are investigating the incident of three unknown assailants attacking two Jewish men aged 21 and 24.

'It is incomprehensible to see a young Jewish man attacked on the street in an established area of Berlin, just because he is identified as a Jew,' said Levy Salomon, spokesman for the Jewish Forum for Democracy and Against anti-Semitism who shared the video on social media.

'It shows Jews are not safe even here. We don't need any more speeches, we need actions.