Police are looking for the people responsible for vandalizing a World War II memorial in Brooklyn.
Police say three men spray painted graffiti on a mural on Driggs Avenue in Greenpoint around 4 a.m. Friday.
One of them was caught on surveillance video given to us by the club Warsaw.
The memorial, which honors Polish war veterans who fought and died in the Warsaw Uprising, was unveiled in August on the outside wall of the club.
Police say the incident is being investigated as a possible hate crime.
Mark Chroscielewski, the club’s general manager, says fixing the mural won’t be easy.
“This is pretty much a total loss,” Chroscielewski said. “The cost of this vandalism to us is going to be close to $ 5,000. The thing is that, we are going to re-paint, just like Warsaw was razed to the ground by the Nazis in World War II and came back to a vibrant beautiful city as it is today. It will be the same for the Warsaw Uprising Mural.”
“For the Polish community, it’s just like vandalizing the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington. It’s pretty much the same feeling that we cherish inside,” said Grzegorz Fryc, who created the mural. “And it is a holy ground for the Polish people and for the veterans who fought against the Nazis, World War II veterans especially.”
Fryc says it will take about two weeks to paint over the graffiti.
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