German singer says hotel staff asked him to hide his Star of David

Employees at the Westin in Leipzig investigated over claims made by Gil Ofarim in emotional video

German prosecutors have opened an investigation into employees at a hotel after a musician made accusations of antisemitism against them in a video posted on social media.

The singer Gil Ofarim said in an emotional video published on Tuesday that two employees at the Westin hotel in Leipzig, in eastern Germany, had asked him to put away" a Star of David pendant before he would be allowed to check in.