EXAMPLES OF ANTISEMITIC INCIDENTS MAY 2013 – APRIL 2014 This document presents the major anti-Semitic incidents during this period. 1 Table of Contents Austria ................................................................................................................................................. 5 Austrian mayor says journalists should be hanged like Jews ............................................................. 5 Belgium ............................................................................................................................................... 5 Belgian Jews slam quenelle gesture 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 France .................................................................................................................................................. 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 2 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 Nazism ...........................................................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 3 Poland .................................................................................................................................................16 Polish prosecutors investigate historian for hate Dutch singer makes anti-Semitic comments about Streisand .........................................................................................................................................16 Students use Nazi salute at death camp ..........................................................................................16 Students make Nazi salute 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