Swastikas painted on synagogue in New Zealand
Nazi symbol was daubed on the Temple Sinai synagogue with several others, as well as the word 'Heil' found nearby
Swastikas were found painted on and around a synagogue in Wellington, New Zealand.
One swastika was painted on Wednesday on the Temple Sinai synagogue and several others were found nearby, a Wellington City Council spokesperson told Newshub.
The word “Heil” was also painted nearby.
“I’m upset by it and outraged by it, that we are targeted like that – but at the same time I’m not entirely surprised,” Temple Sinai chair Matthew Smith told NZME.
The vandalism comes days ahead of the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. On Thursday, Israel commemorated the event at a major conference in Jerusalem attended by dozens of world leaders.
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