Swastika, white supremacist Celtic cross daubed on monument in Greek city that was home to the largest Sephardic community in Europe before the Nazi genocide. For at least the fourth time since it was installed in 2014, vandals desecrated a Holocaust memorial in Thessaloniki, a Greek city whose population once had a Jewish plurality. A photo appearing Thursday on the Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece website showed a red swastika daubed on a grave that symbolizes the tombstones destroyed by the Nazis after they deported more than 90% of Thessaloniki’s population to death camps. Additionally, a red Celtic Cross, a white supremacist symbol, defiled one of five historical markers lining the site at Aristotle University, on ground where the cemetery once was. “We condemn the unholy act of the vandals, followers of intolerance and antisemitism that express their hatred and fanaticism through the profanation of the memory of the Salonican Jews,” the site quoted the city’s Jewish community as saying in a statement. “No tolerance to antisemitism!”
via times of israel: Vandals desecrate Holocaust memorial in Thessaloniki for the 4th time