Italian mural of Holocaust survivors defaced in act of antisemitism: 'Damages walls but not history'

A mural of Holocaust survivors successful Italy has been defaced successful a "demented act" of vandalism.

The Milanese mural by creator aleXsandro Palombo features Holocaust survivors Liliana Segre and Sami Modiano, whose faces and Stars of David were scratched out. The Auschwitz-Birkenau survivors were portrayed successful striped campy uniforms and bulletproof vests.

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The artwork, unveiled connected September 28, aimed to stress Holocaust remembrance arsenic antisemitism rises successful Europe.

The defacement came conscionable aft a pro-Palestinian rally successful Milan wherever immoderate demonstrators targeted Segre, a 94-year-old Italian senator, labeling her a "Zionist agent." Palombo, outraged by the rhetoric, responded with the mural.

Palombo's mural featured 2 of Italy's astir salient Holocaust survivors. (Courtesy of aleXsandro Palombo)

The vandalism has drawn a backlash crossed Italy. Mario Venezia, caput of Italy’s Holocaust memorial museum, called it a "demented act" that "damages walls but not history." Italian Democratic Party authoritative Piero Fassino besides condemned the act, calling it a "cowardly battle connected Holocaust memory."

Palombo’s murals often tackle hot-button issues. Last year, helium created a mural showing Holocaust unfortunate Anne Frank adjacent to a young Palestinian girl. 

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His mural portraying Vlada Patapov, the "girl successful red" who survived the Hamas onslaught during the Nova festival connected October 7, 2023, was besides defaced astir instantly aft being completed.

"The antisemitic fury unleashed by Hamas is overwhelming Jews successful each portion of the world, this fearfulness that re-emerges from the past indispensable marque america each bespeak due to the fact that it undermines freedom, information and the aboriginal of america all," Palombo told EuroNews.

Liliana Segre was named a Senator for Life successful Italy successful 2018 for her patriotic acts by President Sergio Mattarella. (Courtesy of aleXsandro Palombo)

"Terrorism is the precise denial of humanity and has thing to bash with resistance, it uses radical with purpose [the] to disagreement and resistance them into the abyss of its evil, into an infernal vortex that has nary end. There tin beryllium nary bid until coercion is eradicated; [legitimizing] it means condemning to decease the full humanity," Palombo added.

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Rome’s Shoah Museum condemned the vandalism successful a statement, saying "these acts not lone harm creation but undermine the worth of Memory, which is cardinal for gathering a conscious and conscionable society".