Beware of Jew

Across the canel from the Anne Frank House, April, 2007.

A reminder that anti-semitism is still virulent; taken across the canel from the Anne Frank House, April, 2007.

We had just left the Anne Frank House, and walked across the canal to investigate the shops. One of the group spotted this on the door frame of an entrance to a private home.

The latin text translates to “Beware of Dog” on a Delft tile reminiscent of a mosaic found in the ruins of Pompeii. Someone scrawled the Star of David on the tile with a black Sharpie.

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