Anti-Semitic graffiti on the door of Cafe Hampstead 

• THE recent daubing of anti-Semitic graffiti on shops in Hampstead and Belsize Park and on the South Hampstead Synagogue is horrifying, (Police investigate series of anti-Semitic paint attacks on shops and synagogue, December 29).

The society, which represents the multicultural residents of Hampstead, extends its support to the Jewish community and to other groups that might be similarly targeted.

It also wishes to congratulate and to thank the councillors and officers of Camden and the Metropolitan police for their swift reaction to the event.

Racist vandalism, and anti-Semitic graffiti in particular, such as that perpetrated, is an important matter. Fascist and anti-Semitic activity was significant in Hampstead in the mid to late 1940s; it must not be allowed now.

We are confident that the police will identify and arrest those who committed these acts of hatred.

MARC HUTCHINSON
Chair, The Heath & Hampstead Society