(Jewish Group) Berlin Holocaust remembrance event hacked with anti-Semitic messages and images
An online Holocaust remembrance event coordinated by Israels embassy in Berlin was hacked with vulgar anti-Semitic images and messages.
Monday evenings memorial event, a conversation held on the Zoom platform with Dutch-born Holocaust survivor Zvi Herschel, had to be halted shortly after its start when virtual intruders showed images of Hitler and pornographic images. Some also shouted anti-Semitic slogans and yelled Palestine.
Berlin police are investigating the Zoombombing a trend that has plagued open events around the world as they have moved online in the wake of the coronavirus crisis. No charges have been filed.
In a tweet, Israels ambassador to Germany, Jeremy Issacharoff, called the incident an indescribable shame.
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