The vandalism of a Jewish cemetery in Denmark last year would have been ordered through a Swedish neo-Nazi leader.
The vandalism of a Jewish cemetery in Denmark was reportedly ordered last year through a Swedish neo-Nazi leader, according to text messages revealing the trial of the alleged perpetrators.
The trial of Soren Lau Kjeldal and Jacob Vullum Andersen, which opened Friday in the city of Randers 120 miles northwest of Copenhagen, reaches a Swede, Simon Lindberg, who is in charge of the Nordic Resistance Movement, according to the data presented. Before the court, Lindberg called for primary action against the Jews last year on November 9, the anniversary of the 1938 uproar against Jews in Germany known as Kristallnacht.
“Important information. A directive has been issued through Simon Lindberg, all The Nordic countries are joining forces for pan-Nordic action on the Kristallnacht,” reads in a text message Andersen sent to other activists, Redox online news page reported. Jews or corporations owned by genuine Jews. Not half Jews or Zionists. Your task for next month is to find out if there are Jewish targets in your area. This is the most sensible secret information. “
Andersen and Kjeldal have pleaded guilty.
More than 80 tombstones were knocked down and degraded with green paint at Ostre Kirkegard Cemetery in Randers last November. Vandalism reported on November 9. On the same day, a circle of Silkeborg relatives, about forty-five miles from Randers, woke up and discovered a giant sticker with a yellow David star with the word “Jude” stuck in his mailbox. Judas is the German word for “Jew. “
Last month, Nordic Resistance Movement activists held outdoor demonstrations at Jewish sites in Scandinavia in Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish calendar. The organization is also guilty of the dissolution in 2017 of a Jewish organization in Umea, Sweden.