Idaho Anne Frank memorial defaced with swastikas

The Idaho Anne Frank Human Rights Memorial in Boise was defaced with Swastikas and antisemitic messages on 1st December.

The Memorial, dedicated in 2002, is an adjunct to Boise’s Wassmuth Centre for Human Rights, which shared photos on Facebook showing the swastikas and racist messages.

Describing the memorial as “the heart” of Boise, Dan Prinzing, Executive Director of the Wassmuth Centre, said it was “a sad day”  and the organisation was questioning why “hate has become so emboldened.” 

Mr Prinzing said that police were investigating, though the incident was not immediately designated as a hate crime. 

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Image credit: Wassmuth Center for Human Rights