(Jewish Group) 'Fake News,' 'MAGA' sign found pointing at Holocaust Memorial Museum in San Antonio
A sign with the phrase "fake news," the acronym "MAGA," and an arrow was placed on the grounds of the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Campus of the San Antonio Jewish Community, early Tuesday morning. The sign's arrow reportedly pointed at the marquee for the Holocaust Memorial Museum of San Antonio, according to the San Antonio Express-News.
The sign was found by groundskeepers at around 7 a.m. local time, but not before images of the sign, photographed on a foggy morning, were shared on social media. The San Antonio Police Department arrived at around 7:45 a.m.
"It's clearly a statement of Holocaust denial," Ronit Sherwin, CEO of the Jewish Federation of San Antonio, told the Express-News. The Jewish Federation of San Antonio runs the museum; the organization is also housed on the campus along with the Jewish Community Center and Jewish Family Services.
Holocaust denial is a form of anti-Semitism, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum explains. Deniers "are generally motivated by hatred of Jews and build on the claim that the Holocaust was invented or exaggerated by Jews as part of a plot to advance Jewish interests."
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