Eugene, OR – Several Eugene community members received antisemitic and anti-transgender flyers distributed to their homes in what the Jewish civil rights organization the Anti-Defamation League said is a nationwide effort.
Eugene’s human rights and equity analyst Fabio Andrade said at least six people reported receiving flyers to the Human Rights and Neighborhood Involvement office.
A statement from the ADL said the flyers included propaganda and hate speech falsely claiming Jewish people are responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic. This is a dangerous rhetoric reminiscent of Nazi propaganda blaming Jewish people for a typhoid outbreak during WWII, ADL said.
The flyers also include anti-transgender references, according to the city.
“These messages are designed to divide our community, and they have no place here,” Eugene Mayor Lucy Vinis said in a statement. “Hateful messages violate everything our city stands for and all that we are working to be, a city that is safe and welcoming for everyone.”
