The Maribor Synagogue, Slovenia’s smallest public cultural institution and a medieval-era Jewish heritage site, was defaced with antisemitic graffiti on Sunday night, the European Jewish Congress quoted synagogue director Boris Hajdinjak as saying. The vandals spray-painted messages such as “Jews are the evil of the world” and “Death to the Jews, Glory to Slovenia” on the national cultural monument. Law enforcement has initiated a dual investigation, treating the incident as both property damage of cultural importance and incitement to hatred. Perpetrators face possible prison sentences of up to five years for damaging cultural property, and an additional two years for incitement to violence or intolerance, according to the statement. Initial assessments estimate damage costs at €1,500 ($1,545). The European Jewish Congress believes that the perpetrators are neo-Nazis and said that this was not the first time the synagogue was attacked. The organization characterized the incident as part of an escalating pattern of antisemitic attacks targeting smaller Jewish communities across Europe. German Ambassador to Slovenia Sylvia Groneick and the embassy in issued a formal condemnation through embassy channels on Wednesday. The embassy emphasized that the synagogue plays a critical role in preserving Slovenian Jewish heritage.
via clevelandjewishnews: Neo-Nazi vandals target historic Slovenian synagogue
siehe auch: Antisemitizam u Sloveniji: Skandalozne poruke ispisane na sinagogi u Mariboru, reagovala i vlada u Ljubljani. Mariborska sinagoga, koja je pre nekoliko godina pretvorena u Jevrejski kulturni centar, tokom vikenda išarana je antisemitskim grafitima. U objavi Jevrejskog kulturnog centra na Fejsbuku navodi se da su nepoznata lica na zgradi sinagoge napisala “Jevreji su zlo sveta”, “Smrt Jevrejima, slava Sloveniji” i “Čitajte Talmud”. Kulturni centar je saopštio da je ožalošćen što se zgrada ponovo našla na meti vandala, prenosi STA. “Svo osoblje u mariborskoj sinagogi su Slovenci. O grafitima na našoj zgradi ne možemo da sudimo kao Jevreji, ali kao Slovenci oštro odbacujemo njihov sadržaj”, navodi se u objavi.
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