Politics & Government
'Hitler Is Coming' Scrawled Outside Jewish Children's Museum
The message at the Crown Heights attraction shocked the community.
CROWN HEIGHTS, NY – A hateful message warning that "Hitler Is Coming" was scrawled on a billboard at Brooklyn's Jewish Children's Museum Thursday, appalling the community and prompting Governor Cuomo to demand action.
"I am disgusted," Cuomo said.
"We have zero tolerance for anti-Semitism, discrimination or hate of any kind in New York, and no person should ever feel threatened because of their religious beliefs.
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"I have visited this great museum, built in honor of Ari Halberstam who was tragically killed in an anti-Semitic terror attack on the Brooklyn Bridge, after it received threats in the past. It's all more distressing for this institution built to bring together children of all faiths and backgrounds to foster tolerance to be targeted."
The message was written on an interactive billboard that invites visitors to describe how they would change the world.
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This is just awful. An interactive sign in front of the the Jewish Children's Museum in Crown Heights asking people how they would transform the world was defaced with Antisemitic graffiti! pic.twitter.com/mP66xPKIYH
— Mordechai Lightstone (@Mottel) May 30, 2019
Cuomo has asked the State Police Hate Crimes Task Force to work with the NYPD in its investigation.
The museum, on Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights, was built to teach children about Jewish history and heritage.
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