First, there was what the graffiti evoked. The imagery of Stars of David painted on shop fronts will always hold a far deeper meaning. Seventy five years after the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, that collective trauma is still there.
Secondly, there was what it said about antisemitism today. The numbers 9 and 11 alongside our Star of David: the conspiracy allegation blaming Jews for the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
It is a modern blood libel, variously found in far left, far right and Muslim circles.
This is what happens when the internet and social media are everywhere, with hateful conspiracy theories now the largest single type of antisemitic discourse reported to CST, featuring in 370 of the incidents.
