White Supremacy, Anti-Semitism Fliers Posted In Chevy Chase, Rockville

CHEVY CHASE, MD — Police say they have received reports of fliers described as "white national propaganda" hung on street signs and telephone poles in Rockville and Chevy Chase in recent weeks. The fliers warn of "heritage and culture... being ripped away" and the "Jewish media's indoctrination." A Jewish family in Chevy Chase also found an anti-Semitic pamphlet on their front door, police said.

"These disturbing posters are yet another example of the mainstreaming of hate and intolerance in society," Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) Maryland Outreach Manager Dr. Zainab Chaudry said in a statement. "We stand in solidarity with the local Jewish community and condemn these attempts to incite fear and division."

According to Washington Jewish Week, the fliers said things such as "Govt Jews Murder 20 Million," "Israel the Problem" and "The Jews Know and Hid the Above So We’d Die and They’d Own the World.” (Subscribe to Bethesda-Chevy Chase Patch for realtime news alerts.)

“Obviously, they’re very, very alarming and we’re keeping track of them,” Sgt. Bill Nieberding with the criminal investigations unit of Rockville police told Bethesda Magazine. “I guess in today’s day and age, you can argue that there’s a lot of different hate speech. Some is very direct that says, ‘kill so and so,’ or ‘I hate this,’ or whatever. This one seems to be some bizarre propaganda.”

Police told Bethesda Magazine they're recording the fliers as hate crime information. The fliers allegedly have a web address of a site run by Patriot Front, an Australian far-right nationalist group that is anti-Islam, and opposes immigration and multiculturalism.

“We are working with Town Council member Joel Rubin to assure the Chevy Chase community that there is no threat,” Melanie Kahn, associate regional director for the ADL, told Washington Jewish Week. “We appreciate that he and the community members are taking anti-Semitic hate literature seriously, and speaking out against this type of hateful language.”

Patch File Photo