The Rotterdam club has already distanced itself from the painting and says to find out whether the perpetrators can get a stadium ban. CIDI states in an open letter that it will report to the makers, who have not yet been found. The organization calls this ‘a new low in football country.
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The fact that Feyenoord is investigating whether stadium bans can follow is a good signal for CIDI. The organization also proposes to offer a trip to Auschwitz or the Anne Frank House, ‘so that people realize and understand the seriousness of the problems’. “It should not be the case that your club, with its rich history, is abused for the purest anti-Semitism.” CIDI says it would like to enter into discussions with Feyenoord.
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The mural, measuring approximately four by four meters, showed Berghuis in a gray and white suit that Jews wore in concentration camps. The text read: ‘Jews always run away’. Feyenoord called the graffiti “appalling and disgusting.”
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Berghuis was Feyenoord’s captain and recently opted for a transfer to Ajax. The transfer to the rival has not gone down well with many Feyenoord fans.
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The footballer was already threatened earlier this month via a photo on social media on which a banner could be seen with check marks behind the names of ‘Polletje’ and Peter R. de Vries. ‘Polletje’ is Ajax supporter Martin van de Pol who was liquidated earlier this year and Peter R. de Vries died as a result of a shooting. Berghuis’s name was also on the banner, but without a check mark.
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