A few days before vandals spraypainted hateful messages and swastikas on properties in Sylvan Park, social justice flags at a property in the Richland neighborhood were burned.
Israeli Flag Hoisted over German City Hall Is Taken and Burned
14 May 2021
An Israeli flag hoisted in the city of Solingen was set on fire on Thursday as a wave of antisemitic attacks in Germany is taking place against a backdrop of ongoing conflict in Israel.
The city, located in North-Rhine Westphalia, hoisted the Israeli flag at city hall in commemoration of diplomatic relations being established between West Germany and Israel on the 12th of May, 1965.
The flag had only been outside of the city hall for little over a day when an unknown suspect set it on fire, German tabloid