WARNING: This story contains references to and images of antisemitic graffiti.
The first piece of graffiti he removed said “JewSS kill babies,” with the two Ss in “JewSS” stylized to look like the insignia of the Schutzstaffel.
“That one took about 14 or 15 minutes,” Avrom Charach said. “It was the first one I was doing this way, and we were learning better technique.”
After volunteering to remove more than 100 pieces of graffiti all across Winnipeg, Charach said he’s cut that time down to about four minutes — so long as the weather is warm enough for the product he uses to work.
Getting rid of a swastika spray-painted on top of a Hydro box in the city’s Charleswood neighbourhood took multiple trips in the middle of winter. But Charach said someone has to do it.
“Best-case scenario is you make it so nobody can even tell there is …