Swastika was seen on the historic Colorado Building during Holocost Memorial Day

Police have launched an investigation on the Nazi Swastika seen on a window of the city’s historic Austin Building on the International Holocost Day in Danver, Colorado.

Newsweek Contacted Denver Police Department and Anti-Defection League (ADL), a group that regularly campaigns against the anti-Jew-induction, for commenting via email on Tuesday outside office time. The Austin Building, which manages the structure, was also contacted by online inquiry form.

why it matters

According to ADL, more than 10,000 anti -sematic incidents were recorded across the US between October 2023 and September 2024, the highest figure since the recording began in 1979.

The Nazi symbol was on the same day Major ceremony to remember The 80th anniversary of the liberation of Nazi concentration camp Aushwitz by Soviet soldiers during World War II. One Estimated six million Jews Nazi was murdered during the Holocaust by Germany and his colleagues. Roma, LGBTQ people, disabled and other communities including Slavic were also targeted.

what to know

The Denver Police Department was earlier informed that on January 23, a swastika was being displayed on the Austin Building with Eastern Coalfax Avenue in the city. Denver post,

Publication said that the incident is currently being investigated by the bias-inspired crime unit of the department.

A picture published by the newspaper featured a large white swastika in the third floor window of Austin Building, a complex divided into several different apartments. According to History Colorado, the Austin Building was completed in 1904 and “High -class residential apartments on Storefront Retail Space” were awarded.

ADL said she received more than a dozen complaints, and on Sunday a woman protested outside a placard outside the building, “not welcome to fascists.”

According to ADL, the number of anti-Jewish incidents in the US increased HamasOn October 7, 2023, an attack in Israel, with about 1,200 people killed and dragged into several hundred and more gaza. In response, the Israeli forces started an complete -scale invasion of Gaza, resulting in over. 47,000 Palestinian deaths According to the Hamas controlled Health Ministry of the region.

What are people saying

talking to Denver post Jeremy Chever, Senior Associate Regional Director of ADL Mountain States said: “In many cases, such a swastika can be considered a protected speech. The question is who is in space? Is it being rented? What is it being rented? What is it being rented? What? Is there any restriction on the display in Windows?

“What can be done about this? Community – We can expand our voices to exclude all – we can call the symbol of that hatred, and say that it is not welcome to our community.”

The shaver said: “On any day and especially today, on Holocost Remember Day, it is very worrying that the symbol is displayed so prominently. This is something that we have to stand against.”

what happens next

The Denver Police Department will continue investigating the incident whether a crime has been committed or not.