An Australian Jewish leader has called for tougher laws against those promoting racial hatred after graffiti was painted on a Holocaust memorial in the eastern city of Brisbane.
Laurie Rosenblum, president of the Queensland Jewish Board of Deputies, called for what she described as “European-style” penalties for racial crimes.
“Most people who engage in disseminating anti-Semitic material or Holocaust denial go straight to jail over there,” Rosenblum said.
The graffiti, daubed in red paint, included the phrases “Six Million in German Blood” and “House of Satan.”
The attack took place over the weekend, when the Austrian Consulate in Brisbane was also vandalized. The consulate was daubed with swastikas, “C-18,” “White Man Fight Back” and the acronym “ZOG.”
C-18 is a British-based neo-Nazi group. ZOG, an acronym for Zionist Occupation Government, is a word frequently used by racist organizations.
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