Vice President Mike Pence made an unannounced trip to the Chesed Shel Emeth Cemetery in University City Wednesday.

Nearly 200 gravestones were damaged at the historic Jewish cemetery over the weekend. Police said they do not have evidence to indicate the vandalism was a hate crime, but said they are continuing their investigation. No arrests have been made.

“People in St. Louis are inspiring the nation,” said Vice President Mike Pence “You are showing the world what America is all about.”

Vice President Mike Pence is in Fenton to tour a plant and talk about job growth. He commented on the act of vandalism in St. Louis.

“Monday morning America discovered that nearly 200 tombstones were toppled in a nearby Jewish cemetery. Speaking just yesterday President Trump called this, ‘a horrible and painful act.’ And so it was. That, along with other recent threats to Jewish Community Centers around the country. He declared it all a sad reminder of hate, prejudice and evil.

We condemn this vile act of vandalism and the people who perpetrated it in the strongest possible terms.

It has been inspiring to people all across this country to see the people of Missouri rally around the Jewish community with compassion. You have inspired this nation with your kindness and your generosity.

Three days ago my wife and daughter and I were overseas. We saw first hand what happens when hatred runs rampant in a society. We were near Munich Germany where we visited where the first Nazi concentration camps were constructed. We were accompanied by a survivor of Dachau. A 93-year-old man who said he arrived there as a 17-year-old boy. He told us of his hellish life as we walked through that memorial. He toiled as a slave while others around him were taken away one by one to never return. By the grace of God he survived.

.@mike_Pence at vandalized Jewish cemetery in St. Louis: "There is no place in America for…acts of prejudice or violence or anti-Semitism" pic.twitter.com/WyIG0NZnWr

— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) February 22, 2017

Before he left, he spoke words that touched my heart, and I’ll always carry with me throughout my life. They resonate with me today. He spoke of his hellish existence in the waning days of the war. He looked up at me with a smile and said, ‘Then the Americans came.’

He spoke of the kindness of the American soldiers that liberated that camp. He pointed a finger at me and said, ‘When you go back you thank every one of those soldiers for what they did. Will you join me in applause for every man and woman who has worn the uniform of the United States of America.’”

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