The mural was painted by Italian artist and activist aleXsandro Palombo in Piazzale Loreto, a major city square in Milan, in late September. It is titled ‘Anti-Semitism, History Repeating.’
A mural in Milan dedicated to two Italian Holocaust survivors has been defaced by vandals who scratched off the two faces and yellow stars in the artwork.
The mural depicts Italian senate member Liliana Segre, who was named senator for life in 2018, and author Sami Modiano, both of whom survived the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp during World War II.
In the mural, the Holocaust survivors are wearing striped uniforms, worn by inmates in Nazi concentration camps, underneath bulletproof vests that feature the yellow star of David with the word “Jude” in the center, which were badges that Jews were forced to wear by the Nazis.