Sculptures in the exhibition on display in Frankfurt. Photo: DPAUnknown criminals have destroyed two sculptures of once successful Jewish athletes at an open air exhibition in Frankfurt. The larger than life plexiglas sculptures, on display in Rathenauplatz in the centre of Germany’s finance hub, were of Lilli Henoch and Walther Bensemann. According to the Jewish Museum in Frankfurt they were ripped from their pedestals on two successive nights over the weekend. The exhibition, which has been on display in several German cities, portrays 17 successful Jewish athletes who were persecuted by the Nazis from 1933 onwards.

Source: The Local June 19, 2017 15:22 UTC