Children in Poland destroyed Jewish gravestones to “build a fortress”

Children in Poland destroyed Jewish gravestones in order to “build a fortress”, it emerged earlier this week.

The desecration of the 63 gravestones were believed to have occurred on 16th June in the Jewish Cemetery of Wroclaw. Police intervened after hearing hammering noises.

The five twelve-year-olds behind the incident told police that they wanted to use the slabs from the gravestones to build a fortress.

Recently, we reported that Krakow banned the sale of antisemitic figurines which depict Orthodox Jews holding coins. The ban follows pressure from Polish Jews who campaigned for the sale of the figurines to be prohibited. Nevertheless, defenders of the practice of selling the figurines feel that the items represent a nostalgia towards Polish Jews.

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Image credit: The Jewish Community of Wroclaw