Melbourne synagogue set ablaze by masked arsonists was 'built by Holocaust survivors' -- Victorian premier

Victorian state Premier Jacinta Allan notes that a Melbourne synagogue that was set ablaze by masked arsonists this morning was “built by Holocaust survivors.”

Many of the synagogue’s original worshippers were post-World War II immigrants from Hungary.

Allan, the premier of the Australian state of Victoria, offers 100,000 Australian dollars ($64,300) to help repair the synagogue and said there would be an increased police presence in the area.

“Every available resource will be deployed to find these criminals who tried to tear a community apart,” Allan says.

“We stand against antisemitism now and forever,” she adds.

A synagogue in Melbourne, Australia was firebombed with Jews inside.

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