Email from Counter Extremism Project (CEP)   Counter Extremism Project and ARCHER Statement on Antisemitic Vandalism in Dukla, Poland (New York, N.Y.) – The Counter Extremism Project and the Auschwitz Research Center on Hate, Extremism, and Radicalization (ARCHER) at House 88, fully condemn and denounce the vandalization of two Jewish sites in Dukla, Poland that took place over the weekend. CEP CEO Ambassador Mark D. Wallace issued the following statement: These vile acts occurred next to sites where Jewish life once thrived in Poland, and where Jewish lives were later annihilated. These are not random crimes but deliberate assaults on Jewish memory, dignity, and history. Such incidents have multiplied in the wake of October 7, as global antisemitism has proliferated, often parading itself as “antizionist” or merely concerned with human rights. But when “Palestine” and a swastika together are smeared across a Holocaust memorial at a Jewish cemetery, there can be no pretence. This is Jew-hatred, plain and simple. ARCHER director Jacek Purski said: This desecration follows closely on the heels of inflammatory remarks by Polish Member of European Parliament (MEP) Grzegorz Braun, whose grotesque rhetoric continues to incite antisemitism. Braun’s recent inflammatory actions such as denying the existence of gas chambers at Auschwitz and disrupting a Hanukkah ceremony in parliament that took place in 2023 have absolutely no place in Polish society. This is not just about provocative statements or acts of mere vandalism and defacement. This is an assault on the memory of those who were murdered, and on the living who honor them. For CEP’s report on antizionism, click here. For CEP’s report on contemporary manifestations of antisemitism, click here. For CEP’s report, The Role of Antisemitism in the Mobilization to Violence by Extremist and Terrorist Actors, click here. About ARCHER at House 88 ARCHER at House 88 has been created to shatter the normalization of antisemitism and extremism. The Auschwitz Research Centre on Hate, Extremism, and Radicalization is sited at the former residence of Rudolf Höss, Commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp from 1940-1944. House number 88 sits a few meters from the camp wall and across from Auschwitz’s original gas chamber and crematorium. The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) has acquired House 88 to repurpose it from the epicenter of the “Final Solution” into a unique global xxxxxx against antisemitism, hate, extremism, radicalization, and terrorism.    The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) is a nonprofit and non-partisan international policy organization working to combat the growing threat posed by extremist ideologies. CEP depends on the generosity of its supporters. If you value what we do, please consider making a donation. DONATE Were you forwarded this email? Subscribe for yourself here. Counter Extremism Project (CEP) | PO Box 3980 | NEW YORK, NY 10185 US Unsubscribe | Update Profile | Constant Contact Data Notice