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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Letters to the Editor

An open letter to those who desecrated Jewish cemetery in Waukegan

Various headstones are vandalized with red swastikas on Nov. 15 at the Am Echod Jewish Cemetery in Waukegan. (Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times)

Maybe you are proud of yourselves, maybe you’ve had second thoughts and regrets. But in either case, you need some education to help take the heavy, sick hatred from your hearts. You also need some history that might help you to that end.

The symbol you painted on those tombstones were very popular in the 1930s, especially in Germany. It was a symbol that sent cold chills down the spines of just about everyone, but more so for the Jewish population.

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