“He said out loud, ‘no photos: that’s his job. And then he added in a low voice, and as if he were talking to himself, “juifs”, Jews, and made a small gesture, as if spitting: he did not spit at us, he made the gesture”. This is a reconstruction of Vivian Lisaone of two women who reported insults anti-Semitic and a spit from a Swiss guard at the Vatican. The woman, a professor of German literature at the University Antwerptold his version of events in an interview with Repubblica. “It was a really surprising moment, but it doesn’t really matter unless it’s a symptom of something bigger,” the teacher said.
Present at the Vatican for the papal audience and accompanied Michal Govrinwriter and poet, Liska swore he heard the word “Jew” uttered in a derogatory tone and reported the incident to authorities who guaranteed consequences for the defendant’s guards. “Otherwise, I wouldn’t react like this. I’m not human obsessed from anti-Semitism.”
