Vilnius, Lithuania: Attack on Jewish Community Center
August 10, 2008
On August 10th Jewish leaders in Vilnius discovered that the central community building was besmeared with swastikas and other antisemitic epithets. Someone had spray-painted “Juden Raus” (Jews out) on the building, reminiscent of the calls of neo-Nazi marchers who demonstrated on the streets of Vilnius earlier this year.
Police were quick to respond to the antisemitic attack, but so far political leaders have been silent. The Vilnius Jewish Community Center is situated on a main thoroughfare of the city only a short distance from Parliament and other government buildings.
Source: AJC.org, 08-10-2008
