Horwitz-Wasserman Holocaust Memorial Plaza Vandalized

Surveillance footage of the alleged Holocaust plaza vandal.

The Horwitz-Wasserman Holocaust Memorial Plaza on Benjamin Franklin Parkway was vandalized early Sunday morning with when a male suspect spray-painted a swastika, CBS 3 reported

“This is a reminder for our public that antisemitism is real in our communities,” Eszter Kutas, the executive director of the Philadelphia Holocaust Remembrance Foundation said. “We need the public’s help in making sure these incidents are lessening in our communities.”‘

An unidentified male spray-painted a swastika at about 1:30 a.m. on a Verizon Building wall bordering the plaza just west of 16th Street between the parkway and Arch Street, police said. Surveillance footage showed the vandal wearing a black mask and a dark jacket with a bright stripe across the chest and along the arms. An investigation is ongoing.

Courtesy of Philadelphia Holocaust Remembrance Foundation

Plaza officials said in a Facebook post that the swastika would be removed as soon as possible.

“Earlier this weekend, a vandal drew a large swastika on the wall at the Horwitz-Wasserman Holocaust Memorial Plaza on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway — a disgusting act of antisemitism that comes amid a staggering spike in anti-Jewish hatred across Philadelphia and the country more broadly,” the post reads.

 

Andy Gotliebhttps://www.jewishexponent.com
Andy Gotlieb was born and raised in the Philadelphia area and has a bachelor's degree from Washington University in St. Louis and a master's degree in journalism from the University of South Florida. He has worked for the St. Joseph (Mo.) News-Press, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, the Tampa Tribune and the Philadelphia Business Journal and also spent a decade in public relations. He became the managing editor of the Jewish Exponent in March 2016 and the editor in 2022.

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