German police officers walk past a flight board in a terminal at the airport in Frankfurt, Germany, May 11, 2021. (AP/Michael Probst)
“It is simply sad. This hatred of Jews must finally stop,” Germany’s Orthodox Rabbinical Conference said in a statement.
By Associated Press
A leading Jewish group in Germany on Saturday condemned the anti-Semitic desecration of a Torah ark inside the Jewish prayer room at Frankfurt’s international airport.
Frankfurt police said a swastika was painted on the cabinet inside the prayer room, which is located in the airport transit area.
The swastika was discovered several days ago, but it was not clear how long it had been there. The prayer room had been closed for some time because of the coronavirus pandemic, German news agency dpa reported.
Written scrolls containing the Torah, the first five books of the Old Testament, are kept in cabinets knows as arks and removed and read from during Jewish services.
“It is simply sad. This hatred of Jews must finally stop,” Germany’s Orthodox Rabbinical Conference said in a statement. “The ugly grimace of anti-Semitism does not stop even in a highly secured area, at a place of encounter, silence and stopping, where people from all over the world meet briefly while traveling and are in transit.”
Anti-Jewish incidents and attacks in the country have risen in recent years.
According to official figures, police in Germany registered 2,428 anti-Semitic crimes last year.
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