Holocaust Center responds to vandal

On Jan. 19, graffiti was painted on the Historic Oviedo Colored Schools Museum.

The graffiti included the racist “SS lightning bolts” symbol and hateful, explicit language.

Since then, a felony criminal mischief investigation has been launched.

Seminole County deputies said they painted over the graffiti.

The following is the Holocaust Center’s statement:

On the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the Holocaust Memorial Resource & Education Center of Florida solemnly honors the 1.1 million victims—most of whom were Jewish—and the survivors whose resilience continues to in...