'The despicable vandalism just underlines the fact that stories such as Anne Frank's still need telling,' said the Peridot Theater Company.
Staff members of a theater company in Melbourne, Australia were left"upset, angry" and"disgusted" after someone spraypainted a swastika on a board advertising their production ofDescribing how"some lowlife" had sprayed the swastika on the production's board on Saturday, the Peridot Theater Company condemned the act as"sickening."
In her diaries, the theater production said:"Anne wrote: 'I keep my ideals, because in spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart'."On Sunday, Peridot thanked community members"for all the messages of support" it had received since Saturday's incident."The despicable vandalism just underlines the fact that stories such as Anne Frank's still need telling," they said.
In a statement published by SBS News, Chairman of the Anti-Defamation Commission Dr. Dvir Abramovich condemned the incident, saying"this shameful and cowardly desecration of Holocaust remembrance is clearly driven by hate-mongers and bigots who wish to destroy Anne Frank's enduring legacy and her words of courage and hope that have inspired so many around the world."
The incident reportedly came months after posters of Treasurer Josh Frydenberg were defaced with anti-Semitic symbols in the same area.
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