- Aviva Kaufmann was horrified when her husband made the invention yesterday
A jewish mother-of-four whose father fled Nazi Germany on the Kindertransport was ‘devastated’ to discover a swastika on her backyard gate on the sixth anniversary of his demise.
Aviva Kaufmann, 52, from north-west London, was horrified when her husband made the invention as he went to retrieve his bike yesterday.
Mrs Kaufmann, a maths trainer whose German-born grandparents, David and Ketty Goldschmidt, had been murdered in Auschwitz, advised the Mail: ‘I’m simply so unhappy about it.
‘When my father – Alfred Goldschmidt – fled Germany he had such a love for this nation. We [our entire family] have grown up with such a love for this nation.
‘In England, I used to be capable of get training and all these issues Nazi Germany disadvantaged my father of. But now I’m wondering will England be like that for my youngsters?’
Aviva Kaufmann (pictured), 52, from north-west London, was horrified when her husband made the invention as he went to retrieve his bike yesterday
She stated: ‘When my father – Alfred Goldschmidt (pictured) – fled Germany he had such a love for this nation. We [our entire family] have grown up with such a love for this nation’
The swastika Aviva Kaufmann discovered on her backyard gate on the sixth anniversary of her father’s demise
She added: ‘When my father and his siblings fled on the Kindertransport, my grandmother stated to my uncle ‘you will not see any extra of these soiled flags’ [in England].
‘He by no means thought he would see a swastika once more. But to have that daubed on my property on the sixth anniversary of his demise is simply horrible.’
Mrs Kaufmann texted her neighbours to see if their homes had additionally been vandalised. ‘My neighbours all despatched me the loveliest messages… Two non-Jewish neighbours even got here spherical to wash it off.’
She stated that till now she had at all times felt secure in England. ‘I’ve by no means had my eye on the door and I’ve at all times felt secure on this nation.
‘I proudly put on a Star of David necklace and a ‘convey them dwelling’ canine tag for the hostages.
‘But I’ve stated to my youngsters that I’m not certain it is at all times going to be like that.’
Mrs Kaufmann reported the swastika to the police and to CST, a Jewish charity that combats anti-Semitism. A CST spokesman stated: ‘Anti-Jewish hatred has grow to be far too widespread and that is one more instance.’
The Metropolitan Police had been contacted for remark.