NBC Nothing says Happy Holidays like Nazi-themed wrapping paper. Cheryl Shapiro was shopping in the Northridge, California, Walgreens’ Hanukkah section when she came across something odd — something swastika-shaped. Shapiro, who was in the store with her grandson, was outraged. “I told them I wanted this taken off the shelves immediately – not just your store,…
A large swastika was discovered painted on the bottom of a swimming pool in southern Brazil. The large Nazi symbol was identified during a kidnapping investigation last week, where police used aerial surveillance, CNN reported. The swastika is located on private property in Pomerode, Brazil in the southern state of Santa Catarina. It reportedly has…
Swastikas were painted on the Holocaust memorial monument at Babi Yar in Kiev. It is the second time that the monument has been vandalized in two months. The graffiti was found Monday during a tour at the site for schoolchildren, The Jerusalem Post reported. A swastika was painted on the monument, located at the site…
A New Jersey teen said he has been the victim of anti-Semitic abuse at his local high school. The teen, a student at Hanover Park High School in East Hanover, N.J., over the past six months has been the target of three potentially anti-Semitic offenses, attorney Andrew T. Miltenberg, who is representing the student’s family,…
Screenshot of Sears website It was one thing when Spanish clothing giant Zara tried to explain away its children’s Holocaust shirt as an honest mistake, or when Walmart was selling a concentration camp poster as home decor. But now Sears finds itself in hot water over the very worst of these products. The storied department…
Three swastikas were scrawled on a Yale University dormitory, the Yale Daily News reported. The university immediately responded after the anti-Semitic vandalism was uncovered outside Dufree Hall in the Ivy League school’s Old Campus on Sunday, Truth Revolt reports. By Monday the college’s dean, Jonathan Holloway, sent a university-wide email informing students, faculty, and alumni…
The retailing giant Sears removed a swastika ring offered for sale on its website. The item was listed under the “men’s punk rock style” jewelry collection. “This gothic jewelry item in particular features a Swastika ring that’s made of .925 Thai silver,” the item description read. “Not for Neo Nazi or any Nazi implication. These…
A Polish prosecutor who in June 2013 refused to go forward with legal proceedings against a vandal who painted a swastika was acquitted by a disciplinary court. Promotion of fascism in Poland is illegal and is punishable by up to two years in prison. The graffiti, including a swastika, found in Bialystok was reported to…
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