Anti-Semitic Graffiti Appears on Manhattan House on Holocaust Remembrance Day

Anti-Semitic messages and a swastika were first discovered by a security guard early in the morning of January 27, Holocaust Remembrance Day, police said. They are depicted near the apartment of a woman whose family members died during the Holocaust. This publication writes NBC New York.

Brandy Goldstein was returning to her apartment in the building on Grand Street (Lower East Side) on Monday 27 January when she came across graffiti scrawled all over the stairs with a thick black marker. “I go up the stairs and I see a terrible word, and then 'blank Jews', and then 'empty' again, and again 'empty Jews,'” Goldstein said. "And then just" Jews "and some kind of label that I cannot understand."

The police said that anti-Semitic messages were first discovered by the guard around 8:30 on January 27. It is noted that in the building on the Grand Street there is security at the front door and it is not known when and how the suspect or suspects were able to get into the stairwell. In addition, there are surveillance cameras in the lobby, but not one of them recorded a criminal.

“This is a very scary thing. I am horrified, afraid not only that she (swastika. - Ed.) outside my door, but also for the children who live here, - said Goldstein. - It shouldn't be hidden. Everyone should see it. "

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Goldstein added that most residents of the cooperative are Jewish. She was also unable to remain silent about what happened on Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Moreover, the source notes, the incident occurred on the eve of January 28, when US Attorney General William Barr was due to give a speech in Brooklyn about a surge of anti-Semitic incidents throughout New York.

“You hurt everyone. Not just the Jewish community. You hurt everyone in this community. Maybe you should take some lessons and learn about the Holocaust and what it did to people? " - Goldstein turned to the one who left these messages.

The police confirmed that they are investigating the incident together with a hate crime task force. However, as stated in the message, to date, not a single arrest has been made in the framework of this case.

As ForumDaily New York wrote earlier:

• Just a day in New York happened 4 anti-Semitic attacks. The Anti-Defamation League, an American-Jewish organization opposing anti-Semitism and other forms of intolerance towards Jews, offers $ 10 for information about a man who hit another in the back of his head.
• In addition, Jewish parents of students at an elite private school in New York claim growing anti-Semitism on campus. They also accuse the administration of inability to recognize and solve the problem.
• Another brutal attack occurred on New Year's Eve. Armed machete criminal entered the house of the rabbi during the celebration of Hanukkah and attacked the guests. All the victims were taken to hospitals, two from the bottom - in critical condition.
• During the celebration of Hanukkah happened assault in the house of a rabbi in New York. As a result, six people were stabbed.
• More than 90 thousand Jews gathered together in the New Year to celebrate Siyum HaShas. Also by this assembly the Jews demonstrated their unity after a series of brutal anti-Semitic attacks in New York.
• January 6, 2020 around 10 thousand people took to the streets of New York to support the Jewish community amid a wave of anti-Semitic attacks that occurred in three states - New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.