Report on antisemitic flyers in Georgia county proves to be untrue
The flyer whose picture circulated turned out to be a document distributed within a class on antisemitism and Holocaust denial.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFFAntisemitic flyer found on California cars(photo credit: screenshot)
Antisemitic flyers that were reportedly spread through a heavily Jewish county in Georgia have turned out to be just an individual piece of paper that was distributed years earlier within a class on antisemitism and Holocaust denial. A picture of the document started to circulate between members of the community because of a misunderstanding.“Upon further investigation we have determined conclusively that the offensive antisemitic flyer with swastikas and holocaust denial language is a historical document, which was being used by a member of the Jewish community who was studying the history of antisemitism and Holocaust denial. Another member of the Jewish community saw the document and mistakenly sent it on to others thinking it was linked to the distribution of the anti-Muslim flyer (determined to be a legitimate Islamophobic incident), upon which the story regrettably took on a life of its own,” Dov Wilker, regional director of the American Jewish Committee, said in a statement on Tuesday, as quoted by the Atlanta Jewish News.A previous report stated that the flyers were discovered in the Toco Hills neighborhood of DeKalb County earlier this month, but first reported on Monday in the wake of the attack on a rabbi’s home in Monsey, New York.The flyer was described as bordered by swastikas, calling the Holocaust as a “Jew lie” and including an illustration of a large-nosed rat wearing a kippah with a Star of David on its body.JTA contributed to this report.
