A swastika was left on a wall of the Horwitz-Wasserman Holocaust Memorial Plaza in Philadelphia
A Holocaust memorial in Philadelphia has been vandalised with a swastika as acts of antisemitism continue to rise across the country.
The Horwitz-Wasserman Holocaust Memorial Plaza said in a post that earlier this weekend, an unidentified figure vandalised a wall of the plaza, drawing a large swastika.
The memorial’s post described it as “a disgusting act of antisemitism that comes amid a staggering spike in anti-Jewish hatred across Philadelphia and the country more broadly”.
While the swastika graffiti has been removed from the wall, according to NBC, the organisation is asking anyone who may have any information about the vandalism to contact the Philadelphia Police Department.
At this point in our fucked up storyline, the swastika might have been drawn by an American Jew showing solidarity with Israel’s Palestinian genocide…
Hamas appreciates your conflation of israelis with Nazis, that’s literally their social media strategy for westerners.
I think we can agree that Hamas is God-awful and that Israel is committing atrocious crimes against humanity.
I’m not in Israel and haven’t spoken to my family there in a while, but I’ve heard some pretty awful things from members of the Jewish community that I used to respect. I heard one person say that if wiping out all the Palestinians is what it’ll take for there to be peace in Israel, then they’re not going to argue against taking a page or two from Hitler’s notebook.
We’ve past members from our synagogue who bore the tattoo from their concentration camps, the majority of my family tree on my mother’s side had so many branches pruned that I can only imagine what a big Polish family would look like. I’m not sure if that congregant was serious or joking, but the fact that other congregants nodded made me lose so much faith in my community.
I’m not saying that Israel is equal to Nazis, I’m just saying that a lot of Nazi-sympathizers seem to really like what they’re doing right now. If you’ve got Nazis agreeing with your plan, it’s time to rethink your plan.
And unfortunately, I was not being sarcastic: I truly worry that it’s only a matter of time before some American Jews begin to adopt the swastika in support of Israel. Once again, I’m not saying Israel is a bunch of Nazis — they just happen to be courting a lot of Nazis right now.