Sunday, June 18, 2017

Germany: Jewish cemetery vandalized with Nazi slogans (Gotha, Thüringen)

Via Watch Antisemitim in Europe:

In 2008 two men put a pig's head on the Magen David which decorates the entrance door 
of the cemetery,  displayed an anti-Semtic banner and threw bottles of pig blood onto the graves.

The local news website Thüringen24 reported that 20 tombstones at the Jewish cemetery in Gotha were daubed with Nazi slogans on June 7. Amongst others Nazi swastikas and SS signs were painted onto the tombstones with black paint. 
The Jewish cemetery in Gotha has been vandalized several times in the past. In 2004 a total of 14 tombstones were kicked over and 2 tombstones were damaged. 
In 2008 two men put a pig's head on the Magen David which decorates the entrance door of the cemetery, displayed an anti-Semtic banner and threw bottles of pig blood onto the graves. The two man were convicted in 2010. On the contrary to other cemeteries in Gotha the Jewish cemetery has to remain locked and can only be visited after making an appointment with the municipality.

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