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inanna

(3,547 posts)
Sat Aug 4, 2018, 06:25 PM Aug 2018

Anti-semitic graffiti on Auschwitz survivor Elie Wiesel's house

Source: BBC

48 minutes ago

Police in Romania are investigating anti-semitic graffiti found on the walls of the house where Auschwitz survivor Elie Wiesel was born.

Comments painted in pink included the remark that Wiesel, who died in 2016, was "in hell with Hitler". They were quickly removed.

Wiesel became famous after writing about his teenage years in Nazi concentration camps.

He devoted his life to ensuring Nazi atrocities would not be forgotten.

Read more: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-45072951

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Anti-semitic graffiti on Auschwitz survivor Elie Wiesel's house (Original Post) inanna Aug 2018 OP
Hallmark of the 'trump era.' PSPS Aug 2018 #1
How horrible. sinkingfeeling Aug 2018 #2
fucked up JI7 Aug 2018 #3
The more these Nazis show us who they are, the more easily we will vanquish them. FreepFryer Aug 2018 #4
this might not have been nazis since they said he will burn in hell with hitler JI7 Aug 2018 #5
Good point. How about 'Anti-Semitic fuckknuckles" :) (n/t) FreepFryer Aug 2018 #7
Disgusting sakabatou Aug 2018 #6
Fuckers! area51 Aug 2018 #8
The disease spreads. Behind the Aegis Aug 2018 #9

FreepFryer

(7,077 posts)
4. The more these Nazis show us who they are, the more easily we will vanquish them.
Sat Aug 4, 2018, 11:09 PM
Aug 2018

It won't be pretty, or easy, but the good will prevail.

Behind the Aegis

(53,968 posts)
9. The disease spreads.
Sun Aug 5, 2018, 04:21 AM
Aug 2018

I am sure there are more than a few who are thrilled by this, but are likely more disturbed by the "Hitler in Hell" comment.

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