Vandals paint Nazi swastikas on Northern Michigan synagogue
HANCOCK, MI A day that was meant to celebrate multicultural inclusiveness in Michigans Upper Peninsula was marred by an act of vandalism.
Nazi symbols were found spray painted on a synagogue in Hancock on the same day as the communitys Parade of Nations that annually includes about 3,000 visitors from more than 60 countries, The Daily Mining Gazette reports.
The graffiti was discovered Saturday, Sept. 21, by a passerby who called police, David Holden, president of Temple Jacob, told the Gazette. Spray-painted on the synagogue were swastikas and the symbol of the SS, a Nazi paramilitary organization.
Nothing inside the building was damaged, Holden said.
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Cross-posted in the Jewish Group.