Memorial to Greek Jewish Children Vandalized; Greece Tops All of Europe in Anti-Semitic Views

A memorial to the 13,000 Greek Jewish children murdered in the Holocaust has been desecrated in Athens with Nazi images, the JTA (Jewish Telegraphic Agency) website reports today (June 10, 2015).

The memorial -- which sits next to a playground built in the children's memory in central Athens -- was defaced earlier this month with a Nazi swastika and Nazi SS signs, according to the Jewish Community of Athens.

There have been several instances of vandalism over the last year in Jewish cemeteries and Holocaust memorials in Greece.

In fact, a recent Anti-Defamation League (ADL) survey shows that Greece has Europe's highest rate of anti-Semitic attitudes, with 69 percent of Greeks backing anti-Semitic views. That is nearly double the rate of the next highest country, France, with 37 percent.