NZZ: Geneva Jews want action over racist attackseng 2005 04 23 23 40

Jews in Geneva want the police to consider stepping up protection of Jewish buildings and the community after what they say is a rise in anti-Semitic attacks. The most recent incident, which took place last weekend, saw the Grand Synagogue in Geneva defaced with swastikas and neo-Nazi slogans. A memorial in front of the synagogue to the millions of Jews who died in the Nazi death camps was spray-painted with the words: "Heil Hitler" and "Gas the Jews". "It's not the first attack and it's certainly not going to be last. But it's a long time since we have seen so many anti-Semitic attacks," said Johanne Gurfinkiel, general secretary of the Geneva-based Intercommunity Centre for Coordination against Anti-Semitism and Defamation.