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Desecration of Holocaust monument at Płaszów

Thu, Mar 18 2010 11:35 CET

byChristian Pollok - Krakow Post

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Desecration of Holocaust monument at Płaszów

Women light candles during a ceremony commemorating the six million Jews who died in Nazi camps during World War 2, in Sofia April 16 2007.

On Saturday March 13 2010, spray-painted anti-Semitic slogans were found on memorials of the former Nazi concentration camp at Płaszów. A large monument was daubed with red-colored graffiti saying "Juden raus" (in English, "Jews out"), as well as "Hitler good", whereas a smaller granite plaque was defaced with a swastika.

The vandalism was discovered one day before a memorial march commemorating the 67th anniversary of the liquidation of Krakow’s ghetto. On March 13 1943, German soldiers carried out the final deportation of an estimated 16,000 Jewish residents. Those classified as being able to work were sent to Płaszów, while the rest (approximately half of the deported Jews) were immediately killed or sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau.

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