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Acting assistant commissioner Scott Fitzgerald<\/p>\nA Jewish family\u2019s Adelaide home has been defaced with Nazi symbols and antisemitic abuse in an attack condemned by South Australian police and political leaders.<\/p>\n
Police were notified shortly before 7.40am on Saturday, 11 July, after offensive symbols and language were found at the Camden Park property of Rosti Sverdlov. Officers also found damage to a vehicle parked at the home.<\/p>\n
CCTV from a neighbouring property showed a dark-coloured sedan arriving about 4am before two people got out and approached the house.<\/p>\n
Police want to identify and speak to the pair and have appealed for their associates or anyone with information to come forward.<\/p>\n
SA Police said the motive remained unclear, although the use of the symbols appeared to be connected to the occupants being Jewish.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is no place in South Australia for antisemitism, hatred or discrimination of any kind, and we unequivocally condemn it,\u201d Acting Assistant Commissioner Scott Fitzgerald said.<\/p>\n
Acting assistant commissioner Scott Fitzgerald<\/p>\n
\u201cWe understand incidents of antisemitism can leave communities feeling targeted, threatened and vulnerable.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sverdlov said he found the graffiti after stepping outside to walk his dog.<\/p>\n
He told the ABC that he and his family had never concealed their Jewish identity.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am Jewish; I have seven kids. We never cover up that we are Jewish,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Sverdlov told 7NEWS that the offenders sprayed his doorbell camera, painted messages across the fence and entry and slashed tyres on the family\u2019s vehicles.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter 7 October, we expect everything, but not to target myself, not to target my kids,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
He said neighbours and friends had offered to remove the graffiti, but he wanted it to remain temporarily so the public could see that a family home, rather than a Jewish institution, had been targeted.<\/p>\n
\u201cI want everyone to see because it\u2019s a fierce target to family, not public Jewish institutions,\u201d he told the ABC.<\/p>\n
Sverdlov said the attack had frightened his family but insisted he would not be intimidated.<\/p>\n
Acting Assistant Commissioner Fitzgerald said police would increase patrols near the property to help the family feel safe.<\/p>\n
Acting Premier Kyam Maher described the attack as \u201cincredibly disappointing\u201d and said he hoped those responsible were caught and had \u201cthe book thrown at them\u201d.<\/p>\n
South Australian laws banning the public display of Nazi symbols and the Nazi salute carry maximum penalties of 12 months in jail or a $20,000 fine.<\/p>\n
Police are also investigating offensive material reported near the Moana boat ramp at 9.30am on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Investigators said that material appeared to be old and the incident did not appear to be linked to the attack at Camden Park.<\/p>\n
Anyone with information has been asked to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Jewish family\u2019s Adelaide home has been defaced with Nazi symbols and antisemitic abuse in an attack condemned…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":49495,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[395,42,1112,23,10462,3304,35802,121],"class_list":["post-49494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-adelaide","tag-adelaide","tag-antisemitism","tag-attack","tag-australia","tag-graffiti","tag-jewish","tag-nazi-symbols","tag-south-australia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49494"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49494\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}