Antisemitic graffiti has been discovered on barracks on the site of the Auschwitz-Birkenau II Nazi death camp, the Memorial and Museum running the site said on Tuesday, condemning the act as "outrageous."

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The Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum and Memorial preserves the Auschwitz death camp set up on Polish soil by Nazi Germany during World War Two. More than 1.1 million people, most of them Jews, perished in gas chambers at the camp or from starvation, cold and disease.

The graffiti included statements in English and German, as well as two references to often-used Old Testament sayings frequently used by antisemites, the Memorial said in a statement published on Twitter.

"An offense against the Memorial Site – is above all, an outrageous attack on the symbol of one of the greatest tragedies in human history and an extremely painful blow to the memory of all the victims of the German Nazi Auschwitz-Birkenau camp," the memorial site tweeted.

Statement concerning the vandalism that took place on October 5 at the Auschwitz II-Birkenau site. pic.twitter.com/bsNepIRCcL

— Auschwitz Memorial (@AuschwitzMuseum) October 5, 2021

Police are analyzing and compiling documentation as well as reviewing video footage of the incident, after which the memorial said it would remove the markings.

It added that the security measures at the site were being expanded but that fully enclosing the memorial site would not be possible for some time.

The announcement of the discovery came on the same day that the European Commission unveiled a new strategy to counter what their own research shows is a disturbing rise in antisemitic incidents, particularly online.

Also on Tuesday, President Isaac Herzog arrived in Ukraine for his first official state visit as president where on Wednesday he will participate in an event commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Babyn Yar massacre alongside the presidents of Germany and Ukraine.

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Israel's Ambassador to Ukraine Joel Lion took to Twitter last Friday to condemn the incident, writing that anti-Semites "painted a graffiti of the biggest murderer of Jews in History. #NeverAgain begins by fighting any kind of #Antisemitism as defined by [the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance]."

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Lion added that Ukraine "should strongly condemn [the vandalism] and bring the perpetrators to justice."

The graffiti featured a portrait of a bloodied Hitler and a sentence in German: "Reputation is easy to lose and hard to earn."

Local authorities reacted quickly, removing parts of the offensive graffiti within one hour from the ambassador's tweet.

"We welcome the prompt reaction of the #Ukrainian Authorities," Lion said in a follow-up tweet.

We welcome the prompt reaction of the #Ukrainian Authorities. @APUkraine @IuliiaMendel @TheIHRA pic.twitter.com/lNc4OB81Bd

— Joel Lion (@ambassadorlion) October 11, 2019

Authorities also reportedly apprehended the suspect behind the anti-Semitic incident, who is now facing up to five years in prison.

The grave of Rabbi Nachman, or Nachman of Breslov, founder of the Breslov hassidic movement in Judaism, is a major site for pilgrimage for thousands of his followers from across the globe.

This article was originally published by i24NEWS.

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