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Jewish Delivery Man Adam Wiercinski Wins $900K In Anti-Semitism Suit After Being Called 'Dirty Jew'
Delivery man Adam Wiercinski was subjected to horribly anti-Semitic harassment for years by his supervisors at Midtown restaurant Mangia 57, in New York City. However, he's had his day in court, and Mangia 57 will have to pay the price for the shocking behavior of its employees to the tune of $900K, after a jury took just four hours to reach a verdict on Thursday in Wiercinski's favor.
His lawyer, Matthew Blit, elaborated on the abuse suffered by Wiercinski, telling The NY Post, "They would call him a ‘dirty Jew,’ and when he would say, ‘But I took a bath,’ they would laugh and say, ‘No, you still smell like Jew.'"
For his ex-supervisors, no topic was off limits, as night-shift manager Artur Zbozien would often pass gas in front of Wiercinski and say it was Zyklon B, the poisonous cyanide used in Nazi gas chambers during the Holocaust to kill hundreds of thousands of Jews. Wiercinski told The Post, "How can I explain to you — he passed wind, loudly. Everybody laughed, and then he said, ‘See, this is your Zyklon B, you stupid Jew.’"
The jury went silent as Blit explained the significance of Zyklon B, as most were too young to be familiar with its use. Blit knew all too much about it, however, as only two of his father's six siblings survived in what is now Ukraine.
His lawyer, Matthew Blit, elaborated on the abuse suffered by Wiercinski, telling The NY Post, "They would call him a ‘dirty Jew,’ and when he would say, ‘But I took a bath,’ they would laugh and say, ‘No, you still smell like Jew.'"
For his ex-supervisors, no topic was off limits, as night-shift manager Artur Zbozien would often pass gas in front of Wiercinski and say it was Zyklon B, the poisonous cyanide used in Nazi gas chambers during the Holocaust to kill hundreds of thousands of Jews. Wiercinski told The Post, "How can I explain to you — he passed wind, loudly. Everybody laughed, and then he said, ‘See, this is your Zyklon B, you stupid Jew.’"
The jury went silent as Blit explained the significance of Zyklon B, as most were too young to be familiar with its use. Blit knew all too much about it, however, as only two of his father's six siblings survived in what is now Ukraine.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/29/adam-wiercinski-jewish-delivery-man-_n_4174125.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000009
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