Swastika Defaces Duke University Mural Honoring Synagogue Shooting Victims

A black trash bag covers a red swastika painted over a mural at Duke University. Dedicated to the victims of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting, the original mural replaced the yellow star in the Pittsburgh Steelers’ emblem with the Star of David and said, “We must build this world from love.”

The Duke Chronicle

A mural at Duke University — created to honor the victims of last month’s Pittsburgh synagogue shooting — was vandalized with a Nazi symbol over the weekend.

“The mural was on a bridge where students often paint images that promote student events or other messages,” WUNC’s Liz Schlemmer reported. “The swastika was painted over a Star of David honoring the 11 people who died in the shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue.”

Campus administrators were quick to respond with strong words to the vandalism that took place Sunday night.