A University of Minnesota student’s Facebook post showing anti-Semitic graffiti he said he found in his dorm room is drawing outraged responses Thursday.

According to U student Avi Shaver, someone drew a swastika and a concentration camp on the white board located inside his room. The board also had “Nazis rule” scrawled across it.

In a public Facebook post, Shaver said he is “very vocal about [his] Judaism.” He also questioned how the alleged perpetrator knew where he lived and how he or she got into his room.

“Do you feel empowered doing this?” he wrote. “What benefit do you gain by making a person feel afraid?”

Shaver’s post has garnered over 400 likes and dozens of comments, with many friends and fellow students decrying the graffiti and urging Shaver to report the incident. Shaver was not immediately available for an interview.

“We are deeply concerned by this incident and we urge anyone with information about the vandalism to come forward and report it to law enforcement. We will continue to monitor the situation,” said Steve Hunegs, executive director of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas (JCRC), in a Thursday news release.

Minnesota Hillel is working with the school’s Office of Student Affairs and University Police to ensure the incident is taken seriously and that similar incidents are prevented, according to the release.

“Unfortunately, this is not the first time an incident like this has occurred on our campus this academic year,” said Benjie Kaplan, executive director of Minnesota Hillel.

Haley Hansen is a University of Minnesota student on assignment for the Star Tribune.

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