Screenshot from Twitter. A Florida man who allegedly attempted to burn down a building to murder Jews reportedly had a Santa Hitler mug and other Nazi memorabilia.
The man, identified as 73-year-old Walter Stolper, had a mug that features Adolf Hitler wearing a Santa hat as well as Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” and a Nazi propaganda poster included in his Nazi memorabilia, per the Miami Herald.
Police say that Stolper, in retaliation for a pending eviction, was in the process of pouring gasoline down a garbage chute in a Miami Beach condo building when the police caught him. The police also said that Stolper had padlocks ready to lock people indoors and prevent them from escaping the fire. Stolper claimed that he had bought the gas for a barbecue.
Witnesses have reportedly told police that Stolper had said he wanted to “kill all Jews” and that he was “going to burn down the building with all the f—ing Jews.”
Stolper faces charges of attempted murder, arson and possession of a destructive device; prosecutors are also going to charge it as a hate crime. Stolper faces a life sentence if he is found guilty of the charges. His attorney is claiming that his client is suffering from the onset of dementia.
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