‘They came to kill us’: royal commission hears horrific accounts of antisemitism faced by Jewish children in Australia

Jewish children face antisemitic abuse, swastikas etched on school walls and other students performing Nazi salutes, hearing told

Jewish children in Australia face antisemitic abuse at school, see swastikas daubed on walls and witness classmates perform Nazi salutes: they live with antisemitism “all day, every day”, a Sydney Jewish mother has told a royal commission hearing.

The woman, known as Dina before the commission, said Australia had become a more hostile, more dangerous place for Jews, most horrifically demonstrated by the Bondi massacre in December in which 15 people were shot and killed.