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According to Chicago Police, a group of Men Jumped Aboard a School Bus, threatened children with hate slurs and Hitler Salutes in West Rogers Park.
According to the Chicago Tribune, "The bus was dropping off elementary students from a local Orthodox Jewish school when around 5 p.m. in the 2800 block of West Jerome Street when the men entered the bus, according to Chicago police, who said nobody was physically injured."
“At one stop, four men jumped into the bus, hurled anti-Semitic slurs, and performed the Heil Hitler salute at terrorized children,’’ according to a statement from the Simon Wiesenthal Center.
The Simon Weisenthal Center issued the following statement on the incident:
“The Simon Wiesenthal Center is urging anyone with information about the anti-Semitic incident to contact the Chicago PD or the Midwest offices of the Simon Wiesenthal Center,” said spokeswoman Alison Pure Slovin, in the statement, adding: “This shocking incident took place on the anniversary of Kristallnacht, the Nazi pogrom that destroyed almost all synagogues across Germany in 1938. Many members of the Jewish community have family who lived through those horrors.”
The past few years have seen a rise in hate crimes across all aspects of society, with anti-Semitic attacks seemingly spiking in recent weeks.
