Swastika on a Catholic church in Veliky Novgorod

On the night of January 27, 2009, in Veliky Novgorod, vandals, using spray paint, painted a swastika on the Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, the only Catholic church in the Novgorod region.

The priest, who discovered the Nazi symbol, called the police and wrote a statement to law enforcement agencies.

The priest also said that in 2007 Nazi skinheads beat the parishioners of the church, students from Africa, near the church.

Recall that similar cases of vandalism were previously recorded at historical and cultural monuments in the Novgorod region. Including the building of the Novgorod noble assembly on Sofiyskaya Square, where the Museum of Fine Arts is located, the monument to Prince Alexander Nevsky on the embankment of the Volkhov River, the monument to the Victory in the Great Patriotic War near the Novgorod Kremlin, the walls of the church of St. Fedor Stratilat XIV century.

Vandals painted a swastika on a Novgorod Catholic church // RIA Novosti - North-West. 2009. January 27.

Sources

• Vandals desecrated a Catholic church // GTRK Slavia. 2009. January 27.