Friday, April 24, 2015

Swastika Sprayed on Holocaust Memorial in Kiev; Ukraine Anti-Semitism Soars Due to Russian War

The monument commemorating Jewish victims of the Babi Yar massacre in Kiev, Ukraine was desecrated for the fourth time within the past year -- possibly to celebrate Adolf Hitler's birthday this time -- the JTA (Jewish Telegraphic Agency) website reports today (April 24, 2015).

The perpetrators sprayed a swastika on the "Menorah" monument marking the slaughter of more than 33,000 Jews in 1941 by Nazi occupation forces and their collaborators.

The desecration of the monument at Babi Yar -- one of the largest single killing operations of the Holocaust -- may have been timed to coincide with Hitler's April 20 birthday, according to a report on a not-for-profit website that monitors anti-Semitic incidents in Ukraine.

The vandalism at the Menorah monument is the fourth targeting the site in recent months. Fighting between Ukrainians and Russians during the past year -- resulting in over 6,000 deaths -- has sparked a significant increase in anti-Semitic activity in Ukraine. Each side has blamed the other for encouraging anti-Semitism.

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