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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
The more these Nazis show us who they are, the more easily we will vanquish them.
FreepFryer
Aug 2018
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PSPS
(13,608 posts)1. Hallmark of the 'trump era.'
sinkingfeeling
(51,469 posts)2. How horrible.
FreepFryer
(7,077 posts)4. The more these Nazis show us who they are, the more easily we will vanquish them.
It won't be pretty, or easy, but the good will prevail.
JI7
(89,260 posts)5. this might not have been nazis since they said he will burn in hell with hitler
FreepFryer
(7,077 posts)7. Good point. How about 'Anti-Semitic fuckknuckles" :) (n/t)
sakabatou
(42,170 posts)6. Disgusting
area51
(11,918 posts)8. Fuckers!
Behind the Aegis
(53,975 posts)9. The disease spreads.
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.