A Jewish school in Austria was vandalized on Sunday, with windows and other glass surfaces smashed with an iron rod. Glass and other material was also damaged inside restrooms. A Croatian man was arrested around 2 AM after residents of the area of the Lauder Chabad school complained about the noise emanating from the school.

The Jerusalem Post reports the reaction of Jewish leaders:

Following the vandalism of a Jewish school in Vienna on Sunday, Ephraim Zuroff, head of the Simon Wiesenthal Center's Israel office, told The Jerusalem Post on Monday that it was not surprising "that events like this take place in a country that protects Croatian Nazi war criminals."

He referred specifically to the case of Milivoj Asner, "a Croation Nazi war criminal living in Klagenfort whose extradition has been sought for over a year by the Croatian authorities who want to put him on trial for his role as the police chief of the city of Pozegga during 1941-42."

The Austrians, he said, "refuse to send Asner back to Croatia despite the fact that he's not an Austrian citizen and there is ostensibly no reason that they haven't acceded to Croatian extradition request."

He concluded by pointing out that Austria "has not successfully prosecuted Nazi war criminals in more than 30 years, and in that atmosphere of impunity, perhaps it's not surprising that such terrible events take place."

Ariel Muzicant, the head of Vienna's Jewish Community, expressed shock and disbelief at the devastation. He noted it was still unclear if the man was anti-Semitic or mentally ill.

"One asks oneself however, what goes through the mind of a man who attacks a school and destroys so much," Muzicant was quoted as saying. He did not provide an estimate of the damage caused. "We're now in the process of putting everything in order," he said.

APA cited Jacob Biderman, head of the school's administration, as saying that the man told the police officers who arrested him that his name was Adolf Hitler.

Surprising? Not to the Wiesenthal Center. A known Nazi criminal is living with impunity. Perhaps the deluded "Mr. Hitler" will effectively do so as well. One thing is for sure -- there is definitely some measure of true Nazi-style anti-Semitism still extant in Austria.