The site of the Auschwitz-Birkenau II Nazi death camp in Poland was vandalized with antisemitic graffiti on October 5.
The Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum said in a statement that the vandalism was spray-painted in English and German on the wooden barracks of the camp. The site of the Auschwitz-Birkenau II Nazi death camp in Poland was vandalized with antisemitic graffiti on October 5. The Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum said in a statement that the vandalism was spray-painted in English and German on the wooden barracks of the camp. The museum did not reveal the exact words that were used, but said that the vandalism featured “two references to the Old Testament” and “denial slogans.” “Such incident – an offense against the Memorial Site – is, above all, an outrageous attack of the symbol of one of the greatest tragedies in human history and extremely painful blow to the memory of all the victims of the German Nazi Auschwitz-Birkenau camp,” the museum said.
