CHANGES. POLICE IN GREENSBORO ARE INVESTIGATING AFTER SOMEONE VANDALIZED A PROMINENT JEWISH MONUMENT DURING HANUKKAH. THIS HAPPENED LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AT THE WOMEN’S HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL IN LEBAUER PARK. YES, SOMEONE DREW A SWASTIKA INSIDE THE STAR OF DAVID AT THE. SHE WOULDN’T TAKE OFF HER BOOTS. MEMORIAL CREWS HAVE SINCE REMOVED THAT GRAFFITI. THIS IS VIDEO OF THE SCULPTOR MAKING A CLAY MODEL OF WHAT WOULD LATER BECOME THE SEVEN FOOT TALL BRONZE MONUMENT ON THE WOMEN OF THE SHOAH. IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT CREATED AND PUT UP THE SCULPTURE WHICH WAS REVEALED BACK IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR. IT’S BASED ON A NAZI PHOTO FROM 1941 OF SHOWING A GROUP OF JEWISH WOMEN RIGHT BEFORE THEY WERE EXECUTED. IT IS THE FIRST MONUMENT IN THE ENTIRE STATE HONORING FEMALE HOLOCAUST VICTIMS. THE SCULPTOR SAYS IT IS HEARTBREAKING AND HORRIBLE AND THAT IT SHOOK A LOT OF PEOPLE. WHAT IT SAYS TO ME IS THAT WE NEED EDUCATION, THAT HATE THESE KIND OF CRIMES HAPPEN WHEN PEOPLE AREN’T EDUCATED. AND WHEN WE AS A COMMUNITY DON’T SAY, NO, THIS IS NOT HOW WE HAVE PUBLIC DISCOURSE. SO I’M REALLY A FIRM BELIEVER OF THAT. WHAT ELIE WIESEL SAID, THE OPPOSITE OF LOVE ISN’T HATE, BUT INDIFFERENCE. CONGRESSWOMAN KATHY MANNING, WHO REPRESENTS GREENSBORO AND IS JEWISH HERSELF, POSTED ON, QUOTE, I’M HORRIFIED AND SADDENED THAT THE HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL IN GREENSBORO KNOW SHE WOULDN’T TAKE OFF HER BOOTS, WAS DESECRATED WITH A GRAFFITI SWASTIKA. THIS DISGUSTING DISPLAY OF ANTI-SEMITISM HAS NO PLACE IN GREENSBORO. SHE GOES ON TO SAY MY HEART GOES OUT TO FELLOW — IN OUR COMMUNITY AND TO THE HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS AND THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS WHO WERE FORCED TO FACE THIS ABHORRENT DISPLAY OF HATE. I WILL CONTINUE TO WORK
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Greensboro police investigate after swastika found graffitied on Holocaust memorial
There is no word on a suspect.
Updated: 10:26 PM EST Dec 12, 2023
Officers with the Greensboro Police Department said they are investigating after a swastika was found on a Holocaust memorial, during Hanukkah.Click the video player above to watch the latest headlines from WXII 12 News. Top StoriesWinston-Salem Police: Silas Creek Parkway now open following closureNorth Carolina: With above-average snow forecasted for the Carolinas, which months have the highest snowfall chances?Two North Carolina men charged after having enough fentanyl to kill 27 million people, Iredell County deputies sayGet the latest news stories of interest by clicking herePolice said the graffiti was found Friday afternoon on the “She Wouldn’t Take Off Her Boots” memorial at LeBauer Park. Crews were able to remove the swastika, which was drawn inside the Star of David on the base of the memorial.The Women of the Shoah is a non-profit that created and put up the sculpture. The group unveiled it in April of this year. The sculpture is based on a 1941 photo showing a group of Jewish women right before they were executed. It is also the first monument in all of North Carolina dedicated to honoring female Holocaust victims.Sculptor Victoria Milstein called the vandalism “heartbreaking,” and “horrible,” adding that it shook a lot of people.”What is says to me is that we need education,” Milstein said. “These kind of crimes happen when people aren’t educated and we as a community don’t say ‘no, this is not how we have public discourse.’ So I’m really a firm believer of what Elie Wiesel said — the opposite of love isn’t hate, but indifference.”Congresswoman Kathy Manning, who represents Greensboro and is Jewish herself, also condemned the vandalism on her social media. In a post on X, she wrote, “I’m horrified and saddened that the Holocaust memorial in Greensboro– “She Wouldn’t Take Off Her Boots–” was desecrated with a graffiti Swastika. This disgusting display of anti-semitism –has NO place in Greensboro. My heart goes out to fellow Jews in our community, and to the Holocaust survivors & their family members, who were forced to face this abhorrent display of hate. I will continue to work tirelessly to put a stop to this rising scourge of anti-semitism.”There is no word on a suspect.This is a developing story. Check back for updates. Watch: NOWCAST streaming newscastsNAVIGATE: Home | Weather | Watch NOWCAST TV | Local News | National | News We Love |TRENDING STORIESKeep up with the latest news and weather by downloading the WXII app here.
Officers with the Greensboro Police Department said they are investigating after a swastika was found on a Holocaust memorial, during Hanukkah.
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Police said the graffiti was found Friday afternoon on the “She Wouldn’t Take Off Her Boots” memorial at LeBauer Park. Crews were able to remove the swastika, which was drawn inside the Star of David on the base of the memorial.
The Women of the Shoah is a non-profit that created and put up the sculpture. The group unveiled it in April of this year. The sculpture is based on a 1941 photo showing a group of Jewish women right before they were executed. It is also the first monument in all of North Carolina dedicated to honoring female Holocaust victims.
Sculptor Victoria Milstein called the vandalism “heartbreaking,” and “horrible,” adding that it shook a lot of people.
“What is says to me is that we need education,” Milstein said. “These kind of crimes happen when people aren’t educated and we as a community don’t say ‘no, this is not how we have public discourse.’ So I’m really a firm believer of what Elie Wiesel said — the opposite of love isn’t hate, but indifference.”
Congresswoman Kathy Manning, who represents Greensboro and is Jewish herself, also condemned the vandalism on her social media. In a post on X, she wrote, “I’m horrified and saddened that the Holocaust memorial in Greensboro– “She Wouldn’t Take Off Her Boots–” was desecrated with a graffiti Swastika. This disgusting display of anti-semitism –has NO place in Greensboro. My heart goes out to fellow Jews in our community, and to the Holocaust survivors & their family members, who were forced to face this abhorrent display of hate. I will continue to work tirelessly to put a stop to this rising scourge of anti-semitism.”
There is no word on a suspect.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
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NAVIGATE: Home | Weather | Watch NOWCAST TV | Local News | National | News We Love |
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