Earlier this month, the monument in Highgate cemetery, which is among British structures listed as being of exceptional historical interest, was damaged with a hammer. Pictures posted on Twitter by the cemetery on Saturday showed the marble gravestone daubed with political slogans. The words "Doctrine of Hate" and "Architect of Genocide" were daubed in red on the grave of Highgate Cemetery's most famous resident.
Whatever you think about Marx's legacy, this is not the way to make the point
Highgate Cemetery spokesman
The latest episode follows a hammer attack on the monument in north London two weeks ago, which prompted the charity which runs the cemetery to lament that the memorial "will never be the same again".
A spokesman described the attack as “senseless, stupid and ignorant”, tweeting: “Whatever you think about Marx's legacy, this is not the way to make the point."
A plaque within the gravestone, bearing epitaphs to Marx, his wife and grandson, which was the object of the earlier hammer attack, was also daubed with red paint.
The German revolutionary socialist, author of "Das Kapital" and co-author of the "Communist Manifesto", lived in London from 1849 until his death in 1883.
Karl Marx's memorial has been vandalised for the second time in weeks (Image: PA)
His memorial has been attacked in the past with paint, and in 1970 an attempt was made to destroy it with a bomb.
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