Nazi graffiti has been sprayed on a home in Sydney’s east in an attack against Sydney’s Jewish community on the holiest day of the year.
The public display of such Nazi symbols, which appeared alongside cryptic messages and references to LGBTQ people over the weekend, was made illegal in NSW last year and police are investigating.
The brick home on Lenthall Street, Kensington, was covered with graffiti in black spray paint.
The symbols include the Nazi swastika, the Star of David, the word “GAY” and others. The Chinese symbol for “sky” or “day” was painted on a garage door above a German phrase which translates to “after the rain comes the sun”.
The city’s Jewish community have a strong presence in Kensington and surrounding suburbs, and on Monday marked the holy day of Yom Kippur.
“This graffiti has appeared in the eastern suburbs which is home to a substantial Jewish community and occurred on the eve of the holiest day in the Jewish calendar,” Alex Ryvchin, co-CEO of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry, told the Herald.
“The intent is to instil fear in our community. But they will fail. Tens of thousands of Australians will mark Yom Kippur as we have done for thousands of years.”
Read the article by Perry Duffin in The Sydney Morning Herald.