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Swastika painted inside Star of David on Rio Jewish club’s wall
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleVandals spray painted a swastika inside a Star of David on the entrance wall of a Jewish sports club located on a busy avenue in Rio de Janeiro
The Nazi symbol, drawn backwards, appeared inside the three-foot-tall Jewish symbol that identifies the Brazilian Israelite Club, a Jewish institution attended by Jews and non-Jews and whose doors commonly remain open for neighborhood events.
“The symbol of the terrible Nazi regime is offensive not only to Jews but also to gypsies, homosexuals and all groups persecuted by the Third Reich,” says Harry Rosenberg, president of the Rio Jewish Federation. “Even if the criminal drew the swastika in the reverse way, the symbol offends all humankind.”
— JTA
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