Two Jewish stumbling stones were
defaced in Rome Tuesday night amid a wave of anti-Semitic
episodes in Europe including Stars of David painted on Jewish
buildings in Paris.
Stumbling stones are ordinary Roman cobblestones bearing a brass
plaque with the name and final destination of the Jews deported
to Nazi death camps from the Italian capital during WWII.
The incident took place not in the Ghetto but in Trastevere, and
the stones commemorated the deportation of Michele Ezio
Spizzichino and Amedeo Spagnoletto.
It was a woman passing by in Via Dandolo who noticed that the
two stones were completely blackened.
The stones have now been cleaned and the police are
investigating.
Rome Mayor Roberto Gualtieri said "Rome condemns this ourtrage
against the stumbling stones".
Rome Chief Rabbi Riccardo Di Segni told La Stampa daily
Wednesday that "for us Jews it is a fault to live and dare ti
defend ourselves" amid Israel's war with Hamas following the
Islamist militants surprise attack on southern Israel on October
7.
Some 1,400 people were killed by Hamas, and nearly 9,000 have
been killed in Gaza, almost half children, according to the
Hams-run health ministry.
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