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Antisemitic graffiti was scrawled on a rural roadway in County Louth, Ireland, in recent days, according to images and video shared on social media.
The markings appeared on the R165 between Kingscourt and Ardee. They included Nazi swastikas, Stars of David, and the antisemitic slur “Jew Rat.”
Today in Ireland, antisemitic graffiti was found painted on a public road in County Louth.
“JEW RAT,” Nazi symbols, and the word “USA” were written in plain sight.
Ireland not only feels like the 1930s. It looks like it. pic.twitter.com/O9ZJIU4ZAs
— Combat Antisemitism Movement (@CombatASemitism) December 31, 2025
Holocaust Awareness Ireland Cites Nazi Propaganda Parallels
In a statement dated Dec. 31, Holocaust Awareness Ireland said the graffiti mirrored some of the most extreme antisemitic imagery used in Nazi Germany.
“The depiction of Jews as rats or vermin was a keystone in the propaganda promoted by Josef Goebbels to dehumanise Jews,” the organization said. It explained that German society normalized this imagery before the Holocaust. When the Nazis launched the so-called “Final Solution” in 1942, they used the same term applied to exterminating vermin — vernichten — to describe the murder of Jews.
The organization described graffiti as a “bellwether of national sentiment” and warned that public tolerance of antisemitic threats reflected broader societal failure to protect minority groups.
Our statement on the latest antisemitic graffiti in Co Louth, Ireland.
'Graffiti is a bellwether of national sentiment. It makes a statement on the bystander & the implications of a citizenry that accepts such explicit threats to a single ethnic minority, in public view.' https://t.co/xedXXOwmon pic.twitter.com/OGsW0dCZpv
— Holocaust Awareness Ireland (@Holocaust_Irl) December 31, 2025
Calls for Condemnation, Removal, and Penalties
Holocaust Awareness Ireland also outlined three practical steps to address antisemitic and racist graffiti. It called for immediate and unconditional government condemnation, urged authorities to remove the graffiti without delay, and recommended meaningful fines for those responsible.
As of publication, public sources have not confirmed whether Ireland’s national police has opened an investigation. Officials have not confirmed whether crews have removed the graffiti.
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