Duh, The Nazi Holocaust Memorial Site In Auschwitz Concentration Camp Scribbled Anti-Semitic Graffiti

JAKARTA - Anti-Semitic graffiti has been found at the Holocaust atrocities memorial site at the Auschwitz concentration camp complex, museum staff said in a statement on Tuesday, denouncing the incident as an "outrageous attack" on the memorial site.

Vandalism, some of which was anti-Semitic, was sprayed in English and German at nine wooden barracks at the Auschwitz-Birkenau site. It was found on Tuesday and has been reported to the police. CCTV footage is also being analysed, the museum said in a statement shared on Twitter.

"Such incidents, violations of the Memorial Site, are, above all, an outrageous attack on the symbol of one of the greatest tragedies in human history and an extremely painful blow to the memory of all the victims of Auschwitz Nazi Germany. Camp Birkenau," the statement read, citing the statement. CNN October 5th.

"We hope that the person or persons who committed this outrageous act will be found and punished," the statement continued, alongside calls for eyewitnesses to share information.

Auschwitz-Birkenau, founded in Nazi-occupied Poland, was the largest concentration camp run by the Adolf Hitler regime during World War II. More than 1.1 million men, women and children were systematically murdered there, where there were many gas chambers to execute them. About 6 million Jews were killed in the Holocaust.

The museum said security at the 170-acre site was 'constantly' expanded but financed by the museum's budget, which has been hit by the coronavirus pandemic.

Meanwhile, the number of anti-Semitic incidents in Germany has steadily increased in recent years, Deutsche Welle reported in February.

There were at least 2,275 anti-Semitic crimes in the 12 months to the end of January 2021, about 55 of which were violent, he reported.

Across Europe, anti-Semitic attacks have increased over the years. Jewish cemeteries from France to Poland are regularly desecrated, and nine in 10 European Jews believe anti-Semitism is on the rise, according to a survey by the European Commission.

Statement concerning the vandalism that took place on October 5 at the Auschwitz II-Birkenau site. pic.twitter.com/bsNepIRCcL

— Auschwitz Memorial (@AuschwitzMuseum) October 5, 2021