Attack on Jewish neighbourhood on anniversary of Kristallnacht (NY)

[bijou]

Cars have been torched and swastikas have been painted on the street in a Jewish neighbourhood in New York on the anniversary of an infamous Nazi attack on Jews in Europe.

The vile attack, which also saw 'KKK' sprayed on a van, took place in the early hours of Friday morning in the Midwood area of Brooklyn.

The Orthodox Jewish neighbourhood is home to Holocaust survivors and has a number of synagogues and yeshivas lining the street.


The horrifying attack, which is being classed as a hate crime by the New York Police Department, coincides with the anniversary of mob attacks in Europe in November 1938.

Kristallnacht, or 'The Night of the Broken Glass', saw thousands of Jewish businesses and homes ransacked and burnt throughout Nazi Germany and parts of Austria.

The attack in New York has left several cars, including a luxury BMW SUV, destroyed. Eight park benches were painted littered with around 15 swastikas.

Others were tagged with 'SS', referring to Adolf Hitler’s brutal police force. 'F*** Jews' was also painted on the street.


The fires broke out near Ocean Parkway around 5.30 a.m., authorities said. Residents reported hearing loud explosions shortly before.

Bobby Tebele, whose mother's BMW was torched in the attack, told Fox News he smelled smoke early this morning.

'It's a hate crime,' he said. 'I think it's a jealously of wealth, and then they use anti-Semitism as a way to express that.'

The NYPD Hate Crimes unit has joined investigations into the attacks.

'People are very, very concerned,' Dov Hikind, a state Assemblyman, told the New York Post.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2060677/It-worst-symbol-hate-Swastikas-scrawled-street-cars-torched-attack-Jewish-neighbourhood-anniversary-Kristallnacht.html#ixzz1dZeYRQfA

[Mr Mannn]

OWS strikes again.

[vesta111]

OWS strikes again.

So WBC strikes again.   How to explain the angry sick folks that did the damage ???

Seems the WBC has no balls, they hit on the innocent but fear to go up against the Muslim Community.

For the Love of GOD, their savior was a JEW, the followers of Jesus were JEWS mostly.

This crazy thinking that one should HATE the JEWS is as foreign to me as the language of the Inuit Nation.   

I Extend my sympathy to the people in this community attacked by HATE from humans that know not what they do.

Makes me wonder if HATE is stronger then LOVE.

[Mr Mannn]

OK. I'll bite. Vesta. How the H... did you connect Westboro Baptist Church to this?
I admit WBC are idiots and offensive. They hate gays but have never said anything racist.

I used the Occupiers in a tongue-in-cheek kinda way. They are the only open group in New York City that has expressed hatred towards Jews, blames Jews for "controlling the money," and engages in vandalism. I had no proof, but they were my first thought. Civil disobedience and vandalism are their schtick.

Thats not true with the WBC. They protest at soldiers funerals but have never blocked traffic or engaged in race hatred.

Vesta, you pull things out of thin air that make no sense. Is this on purpose? As despicable as they are, why even bring WBC up? They aren't even in NY.

[Cyrus]

Probably Muslims.