Vienna – Holocaust memorial stumbling stones were splattered with yellow paint in Vienna, European Jewish organizations and Israeli diplomats said on Monday.
The Vienna Police said on social media to the Austrian Union of Jewish Students that the appropriate authorities had been notified of the incident, in which Stolpersteine we desecrated in Vienna’s 2nd district.
The Union shared a picture of three memorial blocks covered in yellow paint.
“It should be a warning sign to all of us when the memory of the dispossessed, deported, and murdered Jews is literally soiled,” the Union said on Monday.
The European Jewish Congress said on Tuesday that the covering of the stones in paint disrespected the victims of the Holocaust and that those responsible should be held accountable.
“Heartbreaking to see stumbling stones paying tribute to Jews who were deported to concentration camps smeared with yellow paint in Vienna,” said the EJC.
