Two Jewish heritage sites in Dukla, Poland, were defaced with antisemitic graffiti over the weekend, shortly after Polish MEP Grzegorz Braun publicly denied the Holocaust and repeated a centuries-old blood libel on live radio. Vandals targeted the ruins of a synagogue destroyed during the Holocaust, painting a vulgar message next to a Star of David, while a nearby memorial to Holocaust victims was desecrated with a swastika and the word “Palestine.” These sites are maintained by the Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage in Poland, which condemned the attacks as attempts to erase Jewish memory and incite hatred.

Jewish leaders and Holocaust remembrance organizations have connected the vandalism to Braun’s inflammatory remarks, warning that such rhetoric emboldens violence and threatens historical truth. Braun’s claims that gas chambers were a lie and that Jews practiced ritual murder have sparked outrage from international leaders and institutions, including Israel’s embassy and the U.S. Embassy in Warsaw. Polish prosecutors have launched a criminal investigation, and calls are growing for the European Parliament to discipline Braun. “Memory must be defended,” said one Holocaust foundation director, “not only for the sake of the past, but for the safety of our future.”

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SOURCE: The Algemeiner