Anti-Christian Graffiti on Cathedral of St Pölten

Country: Austria

Date of incident: May 1, 2013


Unknown perpetrators spray painted "We do not want your crosses" on the outside wall of the Catholic Cathedral of St. Pölten in the night to May 1st. The graffiti included crossed-out signs in cross-shapes, a swastika and a so-called Kruckenkreuz (an Austrian historic sign for the right-wing government between 1934-38). Next to a clearly anti-Christian message, the Christian cross was unfairly paired with the Nazi swastika.

Source and image: http://noe.orf.at/news/stories/2582388/