EXAMPLES OF ANTISEMITIC INCIDENTS MAY 2013 – APRIL 2014 This document presents the major anti-Semitic incidents during this period.

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Table of Contents

Austria ...... 5 Austrian mayor says journalists should be hanged like Jews ...... 5 Belgium ...... 5 Belgian Jews slam quenelle by MP ...... 5 Croatia ...... 5 Jewish cemetery vandalised in Croatia ...... 5 Czech Republic ...... 6 Anti-Semitic posts on the Internet in the Czech Republic on the rise ...... 6 Neo-Nazis hold march in Czech town ...... 6 ...... 6 Jewish family attacked in Paris suburb ...... 6 Swastikas, anti-Semitic slogans found in Paris gym ...... 6 Bullet holes found at French synagogue ...... 6 French Jewish MP receives anti-Semitic letter ...... 7 French far-Right candidate posts anti-Semitic comments on Facebook ...... 7 French opposition leader receives anti-Semitic comments on Facebook ...... 7 Anti-Semitic graffiti scrawled on synagogue in Alsace ...... 7 French comic receives hefty fine for anti-Semitic comments ...... 8 Toulouse court opens investigation into Quenelle at Jewish school ...... 8 Anti-Semitic graffiti found on Paris peace monument ...... 8 Geneva car park plastered with anti-Semitic stickers ...... 8 Lyon synagogue sign defacedpark plastered ...... 9 French Jewish sites hacked by Dieudonné supporters ...... 9 Dieudonné drops anti-Semitic show after court ban ...... 9 Swastika painted on Holocaust memorial plaque in eastern France ...... 9 Exhibition of child Holocaust victims defaced in Paris ...... 9 Front National candidate makes quenelle gesture ...... 9 Vandals cover Toulouse with swastikas ...... 10 Jewish man attacked in Paris ...... 10

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Racist slogans, swastikas cover French housing estate ...... 10 Bordeaux: A young man judged for performing 'quenelle' in front of a synagogue ...... 10 Slogans supporting Merah appear in Toulouse ...... 10 Germany ...... 11 Investigation launched into anti-Semitic activity at German catholic seminary ...... 11 Youths attack rabbi in Germany ...... 11 German extremist politician sentenced for selling Nazi CD’s ...... 11 Greece ...... 11 Golden Dawn plays Nazi anthem on Athens’ streets ...... 11 Golden Dawn MP proud of Nazi texts ...... 12 Golden Dawn MP admitted admiration of Hitler and ...... 12 Golden Dawn plays Nazi anthem on Athens’ streets ...... 12 Golden Dawn leader issues more racist comments ...... 12 Greek far-Left candidate makes anti-Semitic rant ...... 12 Greek doctor convicted for anti-Semitic sign ...... 13 Hungary ...... 13 Hungary Jews condemn banner supporting Nazi war criminal ...... 13 Jobbik MP in Holocaust denial ...... 13 Jobbik holds anti-Jewish demo ahead of WJC gathering...... 13 Two menorahs vandalised in Hungary ...... 14 Jobbik politician says Holocaust is a scam ...... 14 Jobbik plan rally at former synagogue ...... 14 Hungarian Jewish cemetery vandalised ...... 14 Italy ...... 14 Italian doctor investigated for Nazi waiting room ...... 14 “Pitchfork“ spokesman makes anti-Semitic comments ...... 15 Pig's head sent to Rome synagogue, Israeli embassy ...... 15 Ireland ...... 15 White powder and swastika sent to Irish Jewish minister ...... 15 Lithuania...... 15 Swastikas daubed on Lithuanian community center ...... 15 Netherlands ...... 15 Dutch singer makes anti-Semitic comments about Streisand ...... 15 Police investigate Dutch rapper for anti-Jewish song ...... 16

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Poland ...... 16 Polish prosecutors investigate historian for hate Dutch singer makes anti-Semitic comments about Streisand ...... 16 Students use Nazi at death camp ...... 16 Students make at Auschwitz ...... 16 Majdanek museum employee charged for anti-Semitic posters ...... 17 Polish MEP shouts "Heil Hitler" at German airport ...... 17 Man arrested for Polish cemetery desecration ...... 17 Romania...... 17 Romanian TV broadcasts anti-Semitic Christmas carol ...... 17 Slovakia...... 18 Anti-Semitic books at Fidesz festival in Slovakia ...... 18 Sweden______...... 18 Anti-Semitic graffiti at Stockholm school ...... 18 United Kingdom ...... 18 Anti-Semitic abuse was directed towards the Chelsea’s midfielder Yossi Benayoun ...... 18 A British teacher made sexist and racist comments about Jews ...... 18 Anti-Semitic graffiti in Jewish neighbourhoods in the northern English city of ...... 19 Manchester ...... 19 UK football fan arrested for anti-Semitic tweets ...... 19 UK police investigate anti-Semitic tweets ...... 19 The Economist publishes anti-Semitic cartoon ...... 19 UK football fans charged for "Yid" comments ...... 20 British teacher threatens pupil with "gas chamber" ...... 20

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Austria

Austrian mayor says journalists should be hanged like Jews

06 December 2013 - The mayor of the Austrian town of Gföhl said in a city council meeting that journalists who reported on asylum seekers should be hanged like the Jews. “I don’t give a shit about asylum seekers, but the journalists are to be blamed. They should be hanged; they are like the Jews.” Source: http://www.jpost.com/Jewish-World/Jewish-News/Austrian-mayor-Journalists-should- be-hanged-like-Jews-334096

Belgium

Belgian Jews slam quenelle gesture by MP 23 January 2014 - The Coordinating Committee of Belgian Jewish Organisations (CCOJB), an EJC affiliate, has strongly condemned anti-Semitic remarks made by a controversial Belgian MP in Parliament.

Source: http://www.eurojewcong.org/belgium/10642-belgian-jews-slam-quenelle-gesture-by- mp.html; http://www.ccojb.be/communiques/1256-diatribe-antisemite-au-parlement-belge

Croatia

Jewish cemetery vandalised in Croatia 28 April 2014 - Vandals seriously damaged several graves at a 400-year-old Jewish cemetery in Split, Croatia. According to Ana Lebl, the president of the Jewish community in Split, unknown persons forced open three graves and also damaged their headstones and fences. In addition, they knocked over and broke a fourth headstone and damaged other tombstone decoration. Source:http://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/historic-jewish-cemetery-in-croatia- vandalized/2014/04/27/

5 Czech Republic

Anti-Semitic posts on the Internet in the Czech Republic on the rise 17 May 2013 - Prague’s Jewish community has been monitoring anti-Semitic sentiments in Czech society for the past two decades. The report for 2012 is a great cause for concern due to the fact that many more displays of anti-Semitism were registered on Czech Internet sites.

Source: http://www.radio.cz/en/section/curraffrs/report-claims-number-of-anti-semitic-internet- posts-is-on-the-rise

Neo-Nazis hold march in Czech town 17 February 2014 - Czech and German neo-Nazis marched with flaming torches through the Czech town of Karlovy Vary for an assembly which organizers claimed was in honour of the victims of a bombing during WWII.

Source:http://www.eurojewcong.org/czech-republic/10765-neo-nazis-hold-march-in-czech- town.html

France

Jewish family attacked in Paris suburb 24 June 2013 - A Jewish family from a suburb east of the capital was victim to a sustained violent attack on June 18 by a group armed with iron bars and baseball bats and shouting Nazi insults.

Source:http://www.crif.org/fr/communiquedepresse/le-crif-condamne-lagression-antisémite- portée-le-18-juin-2013-contre-une-famille-de-lésigny-en-seine-et-marne/37679

Swastikas, anti-Semitic slogans found in Paris gym 13 June 2013 - Anti-Semitic slogans and swastikas were found daubed on a gym in the Paris suburbs on Monday. MP for the area in Seine Saint-Denis describing it as “a racist attack” against the “basis of our Republic.”

Source: http://www.eurojewcong.org/france/9618-swastikas-anti-semitic-slogans-found-in-paris- gym.html

Bullet holes found at French synagogue 04 June 2013 - Bullet holes have been found on the door and walls of a synagogue in the Paris suburbs. The bullet holes were discovered at the small synagogue in Garges-lès-Gonesse, north of the capital.

6 Source: http://www.leparisien.fr/garges-les-gonesse-95140/garges-des-impacts-de-balles-sur-un- oratoire-israelite-02-06-2013-2858799.php

French Jewish MP receives anti-Semitic letter 02 September 2013 - A French Jewish MP has displayed a recent anti-Semitic letter he received on his Twitter and Facebook accounts. Jérome Guedj, an MP from the governing Socialist party and head of the Essonne council south of Paris, said he had received the letter marked in felt-tip pen straight to his office.

Source: http://www.lexpress.fr/actualite/politique/destinataire-d-une-lettre-antisemite-le-depute- socialiste-jerome-guedj-la-diffuse-sur-twitter_1277253.html#6mG6mPceSVGZzwGs.99

French far-Right candidate posts anti-Semitic comments on Facebook 09 September 2013 - A candidate for France's far-right Front National party posted a burning Israeli flag on his Facebook page.The image posted by FN activist Francois Chatelain was accompanied by the words: "Here, this is France". The posting was condemned as anti-Semitic by Gerald Darmanin, a centre-right deputy in the National Assembly.

Source: http://www.thelocal.fr/20130905/far-right-candidate-barred-over-israeli-flag-image

French opposition leader receives anti-Semitic comments on Facebook November 11 2013 - The leader of France’s opposition UMP party said that he had been the victim of anti-Semitic comments from members of the far-Right National Front party. In an interview with the French television channel TF1, Jean-François Copé was speaking after a parliamentary debate about racist attacks from a National Front candidate posted on a Facebook site of one of the party’s candidates against Justice Minister Christiane Taubira.Copé specifically referred to comments made by Adrien Desport, a National Front candidate in municipal elections in a town east of Paris near where Copé is an MP, east of Paris.

Source: http://lci.tf1.fr/politique/cope-affirme-avoir-ete-la-cible-de-propos-antisemites-emanant- 8308741.html

Anti-Semitic graffiti scrawled on synagogue in Alsace 26 November 2013 - Numerous examples of anti-Semitic graffiti including a swastika were scrawled on a synagogue in the Alsace region of eastern France. The graffiti appeared also on other buildings and public areas in the town of Worth and was reported by the CRIF regional organization in the area.

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Source: http://www.crif.org/fr/actualites/tags-antis%C3%A9mites-et-racistes-en-alsace/47849

 French comic receives hefty fine for anti-Semitic comments 02 December 2013 - French comic Dieudonné has been ordered to pay a 28,000 euros fine by a Paris appeals court for incitement to racial hatred following comments made against Jews.

Source: http://www.lepoint.fr/societe/dieudonne-condamne-a-28-000-euros-d-amende-en- appel-28-11-2013-1762853_23.php

 Toulouse court opens investigation into Quenelle at Jewish school 02 January 2014 - A court in the southern French city of Toulouse has opened a criminal investigation into the posting of a photo of a man making a Quenelle gesture while standing outside the Jewish school where Mohamed Merah killed a teacher and three children in 2012.

Source:http://www.eurojewcong.org/france/10535-toulouse-court-opens-investigation-into- quenelle-at-jewish-school.html

 Anti-Semitic graffiti found on Paris peace monument 09 January 2014 - The Wall for Peace, a sculpture near the Eiffel Tower in Paris has been daubed with anti-Semitic graffiti.

Source:http://www.metronews.fr/paris/des-tags-antisemites-sur-le-mur-pour-la- paix/mnaf!DOx5kaI22KNw/

Geneva car park plastered with anti-Semitic stickers January 09 2014 - Lamp posts outside a shopping mall in Geneva have been plastered with anti-Semitic stickers. The stickers, all bearing the words mafiajuive.com (Jewish mafia) were found at the car park of the Migros shopping center on Tuesday morning.

Source: http://www.tdg.ch/geneve/actu-genevoise/Des-affiches-antisemites-dans-le-parking-d-une- Migros/story/10415413 8

Lyon synagogue sign defacedpark plastered 14 January 2014 – An anti-Semitic sticker was placed over the sign marking the site of Lyon’s Liberal Synagogue. The sticker read: “Zionists, Leftists, off our campuses”.

Source:http://www.lyonmag.com/article/61543/lyon-une-synagogue-prise-pour-cible-par-le-gud

French Jewish sites hacked by Dieudonné supporters 10 January 2014 - Three Jewish sites have been hacked by supporters of the anti-Semitic comic Dieudonné in an operation termed “Triple Quenelle” after the inverted Nazi salute popularised by the comic.

Source: http://www.bfmtv.com/high-tech/dieudonne-trois-sites-dassociations-juives-pirates- 683090.html

Dieudonné drops anti-Semitic show after court ban 13 January 2014 - French comic Dieudonne M'bala M'bala, who has convictions for anti- Semitic hate speech, has dropped a controversial show after it was banned.

Source: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-25700225

Swastika painted on Holocaust memorial plaque in eastern France 30 January 2014 - A swastika was painted on a memorial to Jewish children killed in the Shoah in eastern France.The graffiti was applied to the plaque on the wall of the Quai Jules Philippe School in Annecy.The local municipality as well as the Jewish community have filed a police complaint.

Source: http://www.francebleu.fr/infos/croix-gammee/une-croix-gammee-peinte-sur-une-plaque- la-memoire-d-enfants-juifs-1229130

Exhibition of child Holocaust victims defaced in Paris 03 February 2014 - Posters from a display marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day placed on the gates of France’s National Conservatory for Arts and Crafts in central Paris were defaced.

Source:http://www.eurojewcong.org/france/10697-exhibition-of-child-holocaust-victims- defaced-in-paris.html

Front National candidate makes quenelle gesture 17 February 2014 - A candidate for France’s far-Right Front National party in upcoming municipal elections who is also employed by the party has been photographed making the quenelle gesture on her Facebook page.

9 Source:http://www.eurojewcong.org/france/10762-front-national-candidate-makes-quenelle- gesture.html

Vandals cover Toulouse with swastikas 18 February 2014 - Swastikas and other hate graffiti were painted on buildings throughout the French city of Toulouse.

Source:http://www.eurojewcong.org/france/10774-vandals-cover-toulouse-with-swastikas.html

Jewish man attacked in Paris 24 March 2014 - A 59-year old man was attacked in an anti-Semitic incident as he left a restaurant in Paris.

Source: http://www.eurojewcong.org/france/10919-jewish-man-attacked-in-paris.html

Racist slogans, swastikas cover French housing estate 26 March 2014 - A housing estate in south-western France was covered with swastikas and slogans attacking Jews and Arabs.

Source:http://www.eurojewcong.org/france/10936-racist-slogans-swastikas-cover-french-housing- estate.html

Bordeaux: A young man judged for performing 'quenelle' in front of a synagogue 04 April 2014 - A 28-year-old man has been convicted by a court in southern France for performing the controversial quenelle gesture in front of a synagogue. The correctional tribunal of Bordeaux convicted the man of incitement to racial hatred. Source : http://www.sudouest.fr/2014/04/02/bordeaux-juge-pour-une-quenelle-devant-le-portrait-d- adolphe-hitler-1513547-2780.php

Slogans supporting Merah appear in Toulouse 03 April 2014 - Anti-Semitic grafitti supporting the killer of Jewish children and a teacher at a school in the city as well as French soldiers has appeared in the French city of Toulouse. Source : http://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2014/03/29/1851248-toulouse-emotion-et-colere-contre- des-tags-racistes.html

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Investigation launched into anti-Semitic activity at German catholic seminary 04 June, 2013 - A Catholic seminary in Germany says it is investigating claims that trainee priests made anti-Semitic jokes, played far-right music and gave Nazi .

Source: http://www.timesofisrael.com/german-seminary-to-probe-nazi-jokes-claim/

Youths attack rabbi in Germany 04 June 2013 - A group of youths attacked a rabbi on Sunday evening in Offenbach, in western Germany. According to a complaint filed with local police, six to eight youths attacked Mendel Gurewitz, 39. The youths pushed the rabbi and called him a “shitty Jew”.

Source:http://www.jpost.com/Jewish-World/Jewish-News/Youths-attack-Rabbi-in-Germany-315559

German extremist politician sentenced for selling Nazi CD’s 06 December 2013 - A German court handed down a suspended eight-month prison sentence to a senior member of the country’s main far-right party for selling CDs whose content glorified Nazism and inciting violence.

Source: http://www.eurojewcong.org/germany/10416-german-extremist-politician-sentenced-for- selling-nazi-cds.html

Greece

Golden Dawn plays Nazi anthem on Athens’ streets 25 July 2013 - Greece’s neo-Nazi Golden Dawn political party played a Nazi anthem during a charity event that authorities had attempted to ban.

Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/24/golden-dawn-nazi- anthem_n_3647370.html?utm_hp_ref=world 11 Golden Dawn MP proud of Nazi texts 21 May 2013 - Golden Dawn MP Christos Pappas referred to a Hitler-praising text as 'the writings of our youth' adding that nationalism is 'the future of the world'.

Source:http://www.enetenglish.gr/?i=news.en.article&id=916&utm_source=EnetEnglish+general&u tm_campaign=f70dc13c12-

Golden Dawn MP admitted admiration of Hitler and Nazism 17 May 2013 - Golden Dawn MP Christos Pappas revealed the truth behind the party’s ideology. The incident occurred during a parliamentary session to vote on lifting the parliamentary immunity of Syriza MP Petros Tatsopoulos.

Source: http://www.eurojewcong.org/greece/9421-golden-dawn-mp-admitted-admiration-of-hitler- and-nazism.html

Golden Dawn plays Nazi anthem on Athens’ streets 24 July 2013 - Greece’s neo-Nazi Golden Dawn political party played a Nazi anthem during a charity event that authorities had attempted to ban.

Source:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/24/golden-dawn-nazi- anthem_n_3647370.html?utm_hp_ref=world

Golden Dawn leader issues more racist comments 02 September 2013 - The leader of the extreme-right Greek Golden Dawn party, Nikolaos Michaloliakos, has made a racist slur against the Greek basketball player of Nigerian descent Giannis Antetokounmpo and described a former US senator as a "fanatical Jew and Zionist but also a big and active antifascist activist".

Source:http://www.worldjewishcongress.org/en/news/13898/greek_extreme_right_leader_in_racis t_slur_against_nba_player

Greek far-Left candidate makes anti-Semitic rant 06 February 2014 - The political secretariat of Greece’s second largest party, the far-Left grouping Syriza, will meet amid calls for the party to re-examine the candidacy of Theodoros Karypidis after it emerged that he had posted comments on his Facebook page that were anti- Semitic and appeared supportive of Golden Dawn.

Source: http://www.eurojewcong.org/greece/10715-greek-far-left-candidate-makes-anti-semitic- rant.html

12 Greek doctor convicted for anti-Semitic sign 10 March 2014 - A Greek doctor has been convicted of breaking anti-racism laws for putting up a “Jews not welcome” sign outside his office. Source:http://www.eurojewcong.org/greece/10858-greek-doctor-convicted-for-anti-semitic- sign.html

Hungary

Hungary Jews condemn banner supporting Nazi war criminal 23 August 2013 - The Federation of Hungarian Jewish Communities (Mazsihisz) said that a sign held up by supporters of the FTC football club at a recent match against MTK was shocking.

Source:http://www.politics.hu/20130822/jewish-organization-says-ftc-fans-sign-shocking-club- apologises/

Jobbik MP in Holocaust denial 27 May 2013 - Tamas Gaudi-Nagy, a lawmaker for the extreme-right Jobbik party in Hungary said during a debate in Parliament that the Auschwitz death camp museum “may not reflect real facts” and schools should not be “forced to take up such an expensive venture.”

Source: http://www.eurojewcong.org/hungary/9492-jobbik-mp-in-holocaust-denial.html

Jobbik holds anti-Jewish demo ahead of WJC gathering 06 May 2013 - An anti-Semitic rally by Hungary's far-Right Jobbik party gathered hundreds of nationalists in downtown Budapest on Saturday despite government efforts to ban it.

Source: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324266904578462713410667602.html

13 Two menorahs vandalised in Hungary 02 December 2013 - A Chanukah menorah was vandalized in the centre of the Hungarian capital, Budapest. The large public menorah was set up by the revivalist Chabad movement. Another public menorah was also vandalised during the earlier days of Chanukah.

Source: http://www.eurojewcong.org/hungary/10390-two-menorahs-vandalised-in-hungary.html

Jobbik politician says Holocaust is a scam 17 February 2014 - A Jobbik politician in the eastern Hungarian city of Debrecen has made remarks suggestive of Holocaust denial.

Source:http://www.eurojewcong.org/hungary/10766-jobbik-politician-says-holocaust-is-a- scam.html

Jobbik plan rally at former synagogue 06 February 2014 - Mazsihisz, the Federation of Hungarian Jewish Communities and an EJC affiliate, may send people to physically prevent members of the neo-Nazi Jobbik party from holding a rally at a former synagogue next Friday.

Source:http://www.eurojewcong.org/hungary/10716-jobbik-plan-rally-at-former-synagogue.html

Hungarian Jewish cemetery vandalised 13 March 2014 - Over 50 graves have been vandalised in the Jewish cemetery in Szikszo in north- eastern Hungary, the head of a local Jewish community told MTI. Several gravestones have been either smashed or toppled and many removed from their place, said Jeno Freund, the president of the Autonomous Orthodox Israelite Community of Miskolc. Source : http://www.politics.hu/20140510/jewish-cemetery-vandalised/

Italy

Italian doctor investigated for Nazi waiting room 28 July 2013 - Italian authorities are to investigate an anti-Semitic, Holocaust-denying doctor in northern Italy who keeps a bust of Hitler in his office and displays fascist propaganda in his waiting room.

Source: http://www.jpost.com/Jewish-World/Jewish-News/Italian-doctor-displays-Holocaust- denying-material-in-waiting-room-321280

14 “Pitchfork“ spokesman makes anti-Semitic comments 13 December 2013 - A spokesman for Italy’s newly-created anti-austerity 'Pitchfork' movement said that the country was a "slave to bankers like the Rothschilds" and that "five of the world's six richest people are Jews".

Source:http://www.gazzettadelsud.it/news/72736/Pitchfork-protests-marred-by-anti-Semitism.html

Pig's head sent to Rome synagogue, Israeli embassy 28 January 2014 - Boxes containing pigs' heads were sent to the Israeli embassy in Rome and the city's synagogue over the weekend.

Source: http://www.thelocal.it/20140125/pig-heads-sent-to-israeli-embassy-synagogue-in-rome

Ireland

White powder and swastika sent to Irish Jewish minister 02 April 2014 - A package containing white powder, a Nazi photograph and a swastika emblem was discovered at the home of Ireland’s Minister of Justice, Alan Shatter. The minister is Jewish. Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny described the sending of the anti-Semitic material as a “new low.” Source : http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/white-powder-in-envelope-and-a-swastika-sent-to- alan-shatters-house-30148828.html

Lithuania

Swastikas daubed on Lithuanian community center 28 May 2013 - Swastikas and anti-Semitic slogans were on the Jewish community building in Panevezys in Lithuania. A police investigation has been launched. Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevicius condemned the attack.

Source: http://www.eurojewcong.org/lithuania/9504-swastikas-daubed-on-lithuanian-community- center.html

Netherlands

Dutch singer makes anti-Semitic comments about Streisand 20 June 2013 - Holland’s deputy premier condemned an anti-Semitic comment about Barbra Streisand made on Dutch television by a local singer.

15 Source: http://forward.com/articles/178881/barbra-streisand-is-butt-of-anti-semitic-joke/

Police investigate Dutch rapper for anti-Jewish song 02 May 2014 - The Muslim rapper Ismo, whose real name is Ismael Houllich used hateful language against gays and Jews in one of his songs. The song, titled “Eenmans” (or “One Man’s”), shows Ismo singing: “I hate those fucking Jews more than the Nazis,” and “don’t shake hands with faggots”. Source : http://www.timesofisrael.com/dutch-muslim-rapper-i-hate-jews-more-than-nazis/

Poland

Polish prosecutors investigate historian for hate Dutch singer makes anti-Semitic comments about Streisand 22 May 2013 - A Polish professor, who made remarks blaming Jews for , is being investigated by Polish prosecutors for hate crime. Krzysztof Jasiewicz made his remarks in a special edition of Focus magazine to coincide with the 70th anniversary of the Warsaw Jewish Ghetto Uprising.

Source:http://www.thenews.pl/1/9/Artykul/136357,Jews-to-blame-for-Holocaust-professor- investigated-for-hate-crime

Students use Nazi salute at death camp 14 October 2013 - Two Turkish students were taken into custody in Poland after they allegedly greeted an Israeli student group with a Nazi salute during their visit to a former Nazi concentration camp, the Turkish media reported.

Source: http://www.todayszaman.com/news-328782-2-turkish-students-detained-for-using-nazi- salute-on-concentration-camp-visit.html

Swastikas painted on Polish synagogue November 05 2013 - Several swastikas and other anti-Semitic symbols have been painted on a synagogue building in Gdansk, in northern Poland.

Source: http://forward.com/articles/186830/polish-synagogue-defaced-with-swastikas-on- kristal/#ixzz2jkiVwHqN

Students make Nazi salute at Auschwitz 10 December 2013 - A man and a woman were detained at Auschwitz for making Nazi salutes. They were taking pictures of each other in front of the gate to the former Nazi death camp under

16 the iconic sign “Arbeit macht frei,” or work makes you free, and raised their right hands in the gesture of a Nazi salute.

Source: http://forward.com/articles/188932/two-turkish-students-detained-by-auschwitz- museum/#ixzz2n34XbAUk   Majdanek museum employee charged for anti-Semitic posters 28 January 2014 - An employee of the museum at a former Nazi German death camp in Poland has been charged with anti-Semitism along with five other men.

Source: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/176712#.UudSv6tkCt8

Polish MEP shouts "Heil Hitler" at German airport February 28 2014 - An apparently drunk Polish MEP was detained at Frankfurt airport after allegedly shouting “Heil Hitler” at a customs officer and telling him he "should go to Auschwitz”.

Source:http://www.eurojewcong.org/poland/10816-polish-mep-shouts-heil-hitler-at-german- airport.html

Man arrested for Polish cemetery desecration March 05 2014 - A man caught desecrating Jewish tombstones at a cemetery in Poland has been arrested by police.

Source: http://www.eurojewcong.org/poland/10836-man-arrested-for-polish-cemetery- desecration.html

Romania

Romanian TV broadcasts anti-Semitic Christmas carol 12 December 2013 - The state-operated TVR3 Verde, a channel directed to rural communities, began broadcasting on December 3 with a programme including a Christmas carol with lyrics that included a slur to describe Jews and a suggestion Jews belong "in the chimney as smoke,"

Source: http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2013/12/11/Anti-Semitic-Christmas-carol- broadcast-on-Romanian-television/UPI-10511386788184/#ixzz2nEwGjjmH

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Anti-Semitic books at Fidesz festival in Slovakia 26 July 2013 - A host of anti-Semitic books were on display in an ethnic Hungarian festival in Slovakia sponsored by the governing Fidesz party of Prime Minister Victor Orban earlier this month held in neighbor.

Source: http://www.eurojewcong.org/slovakia/9888-anti-semitic-books-at-fidesz-festival-in- slovakia.html

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Anti-Semitic graffiti at Stockholm school 11 March 2014 - A central Stockholm high school with special classes for Jewish pupils was covered in Nazi graffiti. The scrawlings included swastikas, the words "Jewish swine" and "disgusting Jews", and the number 1488 - a symbol for white power - and the Nazi greeting, “Heil Hitler”.

Source: http://www.eurojewcong.org/sweden/10865-anti-semitic-graffiti-at-stockholm- school.html

United Kingdom

Anti-Semitic abuse was directed towards the Chelsea’s midfielder Yossi Benayoun 17 May 2013- Chelsea’s football club managers have contacted police to investigate online anti-Semitic abuse of an Israeli player. Chelsea said it would investigate after Benayoun said he was the victim of anti-Semitic taunts and booing from his own supporters

Source: http://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/may/07/yossi-benayoun-chelsea-abuse

A British teacher made sexist and racist comments about Jews 05 July 2013 - A British teacher who made sexist and racist comments about Jews and others, including comparing them to Vulcans from the TV series Star Trek, has lost his appeal against dismissal. The teacher, referred to only as Mr Arya, was sacked as a primary school teacher after being accused of pushing and shouting at a child; making sexist and racist comments about colleagues in letters to the National Union of Teachers; and directing anti-Semitic abuse at a colleague in a text and email.

Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/07/05/anti-jewish-philosophy- pr_n_3549051.html

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Anti-Semitic graffiti in Jewish neighbourhoods in the northern English city of Manchester 21 October 2013 - UK Police are investigating an increase in anti-Semitic graffiti in Jewish neighbourhoods in the northern English city of Manchester.

Source: http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/112509/police-pledge-crack-down-antisemitic-graffiti

UK football fan arrested for anti-Semitic tweets 16 December 2013 - Three men who sent anti-Semitic messages referencing the Holocaust and Adolf Hitler during a Tottenham vs West Ham football match were arrested by British police.

Source:http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/twitter-troll-cautioned-for-holocaust-and-hitler- tweets-during-tottenham-vs-west-ham-clash-8970018.html

UK police investigate anti-Semitic tweets 08 January 2014 - UK police have launched an investigation into anti-Semitic Holocaust- related tweets. which were posted after the north London football match between Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur which referred to the Holocaust. The police probe has been launched as part of Operation Arrowtip, which deals with football-related crime.

Source:http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/arsenal-v-tottenham-hotspur-anti-semitic-2998846

The Economist publishes anti-Semitic cartoon 20 January 2014 - The British news magazine, The Economist, has published an article about the Obama adminstration while implying with a Magen David symbol that Jews control the policy of the United States towards Iran.

Source: http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/magazine-publishes-retracts-cartoon-implying- jewish-control-american-government_774904.html

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UK football fans charged for "Yid" comments 23 January 2014 - British authorities have charged three football fans with using a derogatory term for Jews at Tottenham matches. London's Metropolitan Police announced the racially- aggravated charges for causing ''harassment, alarm or distress'' by using a ''threatening, abusive or insulting'' word -- Yid.

Source: http://msn.foxsports.com/foxsoccer/premierleague/story/british-police-charge-fans-for- using-anti-semitic-language-at-tottenham-match-012114

British teacher threatens pupil with "gas chamber" 13 April, 2014 - The parents of a Jewish student at a girls’ school in London called on the head of school to make a public statement about an incident in which a teacher told their daughter that she would be sent “to one of your gas chambers.” Source: http://www.haaretz.com/jewish-world/jewish-world-news/1.585457

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