Sept 21, 2011
Toronto – Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies (FSWC) condemns the carving of a giant swastika into the side of a hill in Edmonton, Alberta, noting the incident will add to the statistics bearing out the rise in anti-Semitic crimes across the country.
"As government and police reports continue to demonstrate, anti-Jewish hate is sadly increasing and it is up to all Canadians to be vigilant and to speak out against all forms of racism," says Avi Benlolo, President and CEO of FSWC. "It is only through education and teaching our children the lessons of the Holocaust and other genocides that we can hope to avoid the ultimate consequences of this type of vile act," he explains.
FSWC is a Canadian human rights advocacy organization that works to counter racism and anti-Semitism and to promote human rights and social justice through education.
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