Foreign Ministry spokesperson Konstantinos Koutras made the following statement regarding the desecration of a commemorative plaque at Pafou Square, in Athens, in memory of the Greek children of Jewish descent who were victims of the Holocaust:
“We express our outrage at this offensive and bigoted act of desecrating a monument that is dedicated to the memory of innocent victims of the horror of Nazism and fascism; to the memory of Greek children of Jewish descent. This barbaric act is an affront to Greek society, and we condemn it unequivocally.
The Greek government and the whole of Greek society express their solidarity with our Jewish fellow citizens and stand together with them in the common struggle for more tolerance, for eradication of intolerance and racism, and for the marginalization of the isolated elements who cultivate hatred and divisiveness within Greek society.”
June 11, 2015