There were additional reports of similar images as well as other racist graffiti in South Philadelphia, according to Philly.com.Mayor Jim Kenney condemned the graffiti. “The acts of political and racial vandalism that occurred this morning in South Philadelphia must be condemned in the strongest possible terms,” he said.The Anti-Defamation League also denounced the “hate graffiti.”“Swastikas and the Nazi salute send a message of intolerance and hate to the entire community,” Nancy Baron-Baer, the ADL’s regional director, said in a statement. “The fact that today is the 78th anniversary of Kristallnacht adds another layer to this already sickening act.”Wednesday was the 78th anniversary of Kristallnacht, the “Night of Broken Glass” pogrom in 1938 against Austrian and German Jews that many Holocaust historians view as the opening shot in the Nazi-led campaign of violence against the Jews.One Philadelphia resident, who wished to remain anonymous, posted an article about the graffiti incident on his Facebook page alongside a note about the Kristallnacht anniversary, swiftly received an antisemitic response. He told The Jerusalem Post that he received a a private message on the social media network from an old college acquaintance, wishing for a second Holocaust and expressing hope that he dies, along with the rest of the Jews.Antisemitic discourse, particularly on social media, became increasingly vitriolic over the course of the US presidential election campaign.Trump, who has received wide support among white nationalists, released a campaign ad late last week promising to defeat an international global power structure featuring several prominent Jews in the financial world. Critics alleged the ad used anti-Semitic tropes, but the Trump campaign denied the charges.Tamara Zieve contributed to this reportWe are horrified by the swastika and "Seig Heil 2016" graffiti found in South Philly this morning. Our statement: https://t.co/OqVhYvowVm pic.twitter.com/mAbCkdb3PI
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