Statue of Raoul Wallenberg vandalized

Alert DateMay 22, 2012 Country: Hungary Address: Budapest, II district, Szilágyi Erzsébet fasor General Type: Racist discourse, Hate crime Racism and discrimination phenomena: Anti-semitism
Groups affected / Interested in: Religious minorities, National minorities Key socio-economic/institutional areas: Daily life Hate speech/Racist Discourse Medium: Other
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On 22nd May a group of American tourists discovered and reported that the statue of Raoul Wallenberg (Swedish diplomat who helped rescue thousands of Jews in Hungary during World War II) located in the 2nd district of Budapest was vandalized. Unknown perpetrators placed two pairs of pig’s feet on the statue. This vandalizing act resembles the one in 2009 when similarly pig’s feet were placed on the memorial entitled “Shoes on the Danube Promenade” which honors the Jewish victims who were killed by fascist Arrow Cross militiamen in Budapest during World War II. [1]

Source:

  1. Index.hu, 2012.05.22., "Disznólábakat akasztottak a Wallenberg-szoborra" [Perpetrators hung pig's feet on the Wallenberg-statue], available at:  http://index.hu/belfold/2012/05/22/disznolabakat_akasztottak_a_wallenberg-szoborra/