"Free of Jews": Shocking Sign at a Stockholm Store
In Stockholm, a sign reading "Free of Jews" with a Star of David appeared on the door of a shoe store. The author is controversial street artist Dan Park. Nearby hung a sign reading "Apartheid-Free Zone" with a map of Israel. After criticism, the owner removed both signs. The incident drew condemnation from Israeli diplomats and anti-Semitism fighters.
On the front door of a shoe store in Stockholm, a sign appeared with the words "Free of Jews" and a Star of David bearing the word "Jude" — a reference to Nazi badges from the Holocaust. Nearby hung a sign reading "Apartheid-Free Zone" with a map of Israel. The installation's author turned out to be controversial Swedish street artist Dan Park, previously detained for provocations involving Nazi symbols. Park claims he is not an anti-Semite and that his white sign supposedly "translates" the meaning of the store owner's sign. After a wave of outrage on social media, the owner removed both signs. CEO of the Anti-Defamation Movement Sacha Roytman and Israeli Ambassador to Sweden Tamar Rahamimov-Honig condemned the incident, calling it a manifestation of the normalization of anti-Semitism.