Holocaust memorial in Denmark defaced with antisemitic graffiti, Palestinian flag

A Holocaust memorial has been defaced in a major European capital, according to a post on the social media networking site X from the European Jewish Congress on November 11.

The event took place in Copenhagen, Denmark, which has a large Holocaust memorial featuring an amphitheater surrounding a large boulder in the center.

We are saddened and disgusted by the antisemitic vandalism that defaced the memorial in Copenhagen honouring the heroic efforts to save Danish Jews from the Nazis.This type of hate cannot be tolerated in today's society. pic.twitter.com/q0lUp1ZlOC

— European Jewish Congress (@eurojewcong) November 11, 2023

The steps of the amphitheater were defaced with a large Palestinian flag spray painted on them alongside graffiti writing on the steps and the memorial boulder.

Righteous among the Nations

The memorial focuses on the dangerous efforts made by ordinary Danish citizens who risked their own lives to save Jews during the Nazi occupation of the country.

“We are saddened and disgusted by the antisemitic vandalism that defaced the memorial in Copenhagen,” the European Jewish Congress wrote in the post on X (formally Twitter) condemning the memorial’s defacement.

They concluded saying that “This type of hate cannot be tolerated in today's society.”