PHOTOS: Anti-Semitic desecration of a Jewish cemetery "cowardly"
The anti-Semitic desecration of a Jewish cemetery in central Auckland has been slammed as a cowardly attack.
Swastikas and Nazi insignia have been spray painted on around 20 headstones at the Symonds Street graveyard.
Rabbi Samuel Altschul told RadioLIVE it's a disgusting, racially motivated act.
"Unfortunately, it's something that we as Jews have been subject to, well, for thousands of years. It makes it a great sadness even every time is happens," he said.
Swastikas and Nazi insignia have been sprayed onto around 20 headstones at the Symonds Street graveyard in Auckland
Swastikas and Nazi insignia have been sprayed onto around 20 headstones at the Symonds Street graveyard in Auckland
Swastikas and Nazi insignia have been sprayed onto around 20 headstones at the Symonds Street graveyard in Auckland
Swastikas and Nazi insignia have been sprayed onto around 20 headstones at the Symonds Street graveyard in Auckland
Swastikas and Nazi insignia have been sprayed onto around 20 headstones at the Symonds Street graveyard in Auckland
Swastikas and Nazi insignia have been sprayed onto around 20 headstones at the Symonds Street graveyard in Auckland
Swastikas and Nazi insignia have been sprayed onto around 20 headstones at the Symonds Street graveyard in Auckland
Swastikas and Nazi insignia have been sprayed onto around 20 headstones at the Symonds Street graveyard in Auckland