Ross Green: World War II veteran’s grandson angry at ‘nazi’ being scratched on family Tesla in Perth carpark

The grandson of a World War II veteran has been left “frustrated” after his family car was brazenly defaced with the word “nazi” at a Perth carpark in broad daylight. Ross Green’s family Tesla was parked at Parry Street carpark in Fremantle when the front of his car was vandalised — believed to be keyed — by a young man about 3pm on October 25. Mr Green said that he noticed the damage the following the day and replayed his car’s video footage, which captured the incident. Video footage shows the young man getting out of an adjacent parked car and loitering around Mr Green’s Tesla. Minutes later, an older man — believed to be his father — returns to his car with a parking ticket and puts it on his dashboard. “I can see that the son gets out of the car eventually and wanders around ... he ends up lingering around the fender of our car,” Mr Green told The West. “He’s then obviously leaning in and hiding what he is doing and has eventually scratched the word ‘nazi’ into the side of the car, which is about 15 to 20cm in depth.” Mr Green said his Polish grandfather Jan Pietraszko fought against Germany in World War II and was proudly awarded a medallion for his bravery in the 1944 Normandy landings. “Being English and quite traditional, I have quite a strong feeling about what my grandfather and country went through,” he said. “Obviously I wasn’t involved or anything but it’s still part of my history ... to have someone (vandalise my car) is not right, it’s kind of like ‘mate what are you doing? Why have you done that? You don’t know the person you’re doing this to.’” Mr Green said he was “angry” that the alleged vandal had imposed his extremist beliefs onto him, and said he would likely need to spend hundreds of dollars to replace the fender or have his car detailed. “Obviously this person does not know me at all, and someone else’s politics shouldn’t be put on someone else,” he said. “For this person to have a point of view to be put onto me in such a strong way, which I can’t get rid of right now without having to pay, is extremely annoying.” WA Police confirmed they were investigating the incident. No charges have been laid.