Adelaide Holocaust Centre vandalised
An active neo-Nazi group is believed to behind the latest vandalising of the Adelaide Holocaust Museum and Andrew Steiner Centre complex.
Julie Nathan, Research Director at The Executive Council of Australian Jewry, says the group has been active for some time.
The Centre’s director Kathy Baykitch said: “The Museum’s mission is to tell the stories of the Holocaust and its victims. AHMSEC does not simply recall the past; it also transforms the future.
Our museum and programs enable discussion about the importance of what human rights, diversity and respect for others mean for our society today.
The growing threat from extremist groups, both here and around the world, highlight the urgent need to ensure that school groups and patrons are safe and not subject to any antisemitic activity while visiting the museum.
Extremist groups are active and organising in online spaces, these disgusting acts of racist vandalism bring to the fore the critical importance of supporting the education of young people through our programs.”
Despite only recently opening to the public and being located across the road from SAPOL headquarters and next to the Premier’s office, the museum has reported numerous and brazen acts of vandalism.
This is local evidence of a growing threat from extremist groups that propagate antisemitism and racism.
The museum does not have access to the same level of resources to support on-site security that other Jewish communal organisations do in other states.
