Holocaust Memorial in Portland, Oregon, Vandalized With Swastika Graffiti
On 5/3/21 at 3:45 PM EDT
Vandalism hit a Holocaust memorial in Portland, Oregon, where police said they found spray-painted anti-Semitic symbols on the memorial and throughout the neighborhood Sunday morning.
Swastikas among other graffiti desecrated the Oregon Holocaust Memorial in Washington Park as the Portland Police Bureau currently investigate the incident.
"The damage to the Oregon Holocaust Memorial is heartbreaking, and it's particularly painful that it happened during Jewish American Heritage Month. I denounce hate crimes, anti-Semitism, and white supremacy," Portland's Mayor Ted Wheeler wrote on Twitter Monday.
The damage to the Oregon Holocaust Memorial is heartbreaking, and it's particularly painful that it happened during Jewish American Heritage Month. I denounce hate crimes, anti-Semitism, and white supremacy. https://t.co/NQOWtTFBIm— Mayor Ted Wheeler (@tedwheeler) May 3, 2021