University of Missouri investigates ‘Hitler rules’ graffiti

University of Missouri officials condemn an anti-Semitic incident at a campus residence hall, the second this school year and the third in less than a calendar year.

A poster reading “Hitler rules” was hung Monday on a bulletin board in the Gateway Hall student residence on the university’s main campus in Columbia, according to the school’s newspaper, The Maneater.

“This type of vandalism attacks everyone,” reads a statement released by the school’s interim chancellor, Hank Foley, and interim vice chancellor for inclusion, diversity and equity, Chuck Henson. “Our core values — including that of Respect — must become more than words on paper or a banner. They are the foundation of who we desire to be as a campus community and the way we all need to conduct ourselves.”

No one has been apprehended in the vandalism.

The university’s Jewish Student Organization says it “strongly condemns this expression of hatred.”

“This type of hate speech isn’t merely an attack on religious minorities; it also targets other cultural and ethnic groups,” the group said. “This act occurred in a residence hall, a place students call home. Home should be a haven where people feel safe from hatred.”

The statement adds that the Jewish Student Organization was “humbled by the support from student leadership on campus since the incident was reported.”