Yahoo News Police remove Tube advert for 'Denial' film about anti-Semitism it was daubed with Star of David
Police removed a poster for a film about Holocaust denial from a Tube station after the Star of David was daubed onto it in an apparently anti-Semitic act of vandalism.
The promotional poster for the film Denial at Highbury and Islington station was targeted by vandals over the weekend.
A Star of David was crudely drawn on the forehead of Oscar-winning actress Rachel Weisz alongside the word “B-witch”.
The film stars Weisz as historian Deborah Lipstadt who has to prove the Holocaust occurred when sued by denier David Irving, played by Timothy Spall.
British Transport Police said the poster, on the southbound Victoria line platform was reported to them at 1pm on Sunday.
Officers removed the defaced poster and are investigating what happened.
Jewish neighbourhood watch group the Shomrim tweeted a photo of the poster, saying it was the capital’s fifth anti-Semitic incident over the weekend
It comes as the Met Police launched an investigation into four alleged hate crimes in Barnet, including a Jewish woman having eggs hurled at her and a brick covered in swastikas being thrown through the window of an Edgware home.
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Gary Ost, chief executive of Shomrim North West London, said: "These cowardly anti-Semitic attacks targeted Jews when they were asleep in their homes or walking with their families after dinner.
“These attacks are intended to instil fear in London’s Jews. The best response to these disgusting acts is to ensure that the perpetrators are caught.”
Anyone with information on the poster vandalism can call police on 0800 40 50 40 quoting reference 183 of 22/01 or Crimestoppers via 0800 555 111.
