Simpsons Holocaust mural vandalised

A mural commemorating victims of the Holocaust has been defaced in Italy.

Track 21, the Simpsons deported to Auschwitz, a Holocaust mural by Italian artist, aleXandro Palombo, was found defaced earlier this week, on Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day).

The mural, based on the cartoon show, The Simpsons, depicts emaciated versions of the cartoon characters wearing blue, striped clothes and yellow Stars of David on their chests. The mural was revealed on International Holocaust Memorial Day in January on a wall of the Shoah Memorial of Milan.

The vandal scribbled over the mural and blotted out the Stars of David entirely. 

It is understood that the incident has been reported to the police.

Roberto Jarach, the President of the Shoah Foundation Memorial, said, “what worries us is to perceive a possible revisionist and antisemitic trend in this act.”

Campaign Against Antisemitism reports on news and incidents relating to antisemitism incidents in Italy which have markedly increased according to a recent report.

Image credit: aleXsandro Palombo