Tenant faces eviction for swastikas on Denver apartment windows
A tenant allegedly responsible for putting swastikas on windows of an old apartment complex in Denver is facing eviction, according to multiple notice letters posted by property management this week.
The notice letters appeared on the windows of multiple downstairs businesses neighboring 2400 E. Colfax Ave., where anti-Jewish hate symbols were pasted on the upstairs apartment unit windows in the past two weeks.
“We are aware of a resident displaying a hateful symbol in their window, which violates our lease agreement,” officials of Ross- A Division of Envolve Communities said in the posted letter.
“This symbol is unacceptable and has no place in our community,” the letter continued. “We are working with law enforcement to address this situation and remove the resident from the property.”
A notice placed by Ross -A Division of Envolve property management in front of a business near 2400 Colfax Ave. on Thursday, Feb. 6. The note is a response to Swastika symbols placed on top of the historic residential building in past weeks.
The window first drew attention on a Facebook group the last weekend of January when a swastika was first seen on it. The Denver Police Department said reports of its appearance were sent to its bias motivated crimes unit.
The window that displayed a swastika was smashed out on Jan. 28. Yet, days later, the symbol reappeared in a different window on the same building in the Congress Park neighborhood.
Two protesters were outside of the building Saturday afternoon, Feb. 1, voicing their displeasure with the symbol’s display.
By Monday, Feb. 3, a second swastika was on display in an adjacent window in the unit.
The swastika was above Hollywood’s Barber Shop at 2400 E. Colfax Ave.
A few people posted negative 1-star reviews on the barber shop’s Google business listing, complaining about the swastika in the window.
“As for the swastika symbol, we are not associated with that,” the business owner response said on the listing, adding someone else put it there.
An employee of the barber shop declined to comment to The Denver Gazette.
On Thursday, smiley faces, ‘X’ marks and smashed windows fill the space where the hateful symbols were.
“We do not tolerate any form of discrimination or hate speech,” Envolve property officials said in the letter. “We are doing all we can legally to address this matter and appreciate your patience and understanding during this time.”
Multiple attempts to reach Envolve property management by The Denver Gazette were unanswered.
Prior to being smashed, a prominent swastika symbol was visible on the window at Colfax and Josephine.
The swastika is a symbol with heavy ties to Nazi Germany. In the 1930s and 1940s, it became the symbol of that country and to this day is an easily identifiable hate symbol, according to the Anti-Defamation League.
During World War II, the Nazi regime systematically murdered six million Jewish people. In their campaigns, Nazis murdered 11 million, including 3.3 million Soviet prisoners of war and 1.8 million non-Jewish Polish people, according to the U.S. Holocaust Museum.
Denver police ask anyone with any information about the damaged window to call Metro Denver Crime Stoppers at (720) 913-7867.














