Vandals spray-painted swastikas and antisemitic graffiti on several buildings in Amsterdam on Friday.
A statue that was also vandalized is an ode to the February strike of 1941, when tens of thousands of civilians revolted against the anti-Jewish measures of the Nazis. That strike was unique in Europe.
Vandals daub swastikas, anti-Semitic texts on Dutch buildings, Holocaust statue: Fans of the ADO soccer team suspected of carrying out the attack ahead of game against Ajax, a team regarded as being historically Jewish https://t.co/Oi8zhXP0Af TimesofIsrael pic.twitter.com/TEEr6StbpF— Jewish Community (@JComm_BlogFeeds) February 22, 2019
The statue was painted green and yellow, the colors of the football team Dan Hague. It appears that the reason for this was a soccer game expected on Sunday between the team and Ajax Amsterdam football club, which is considered to have historical ties to the Jewish community in the city.
"As a club, we emphatically oppose these incomprehensible actions. It is disrespectful and sad," Mattijs Manders, general manager of Dan Hague, wrote on the club's website.
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