Berowra – The federal election campaign has taken an ugly turn after Jewish MP Julian Leeser’s ­campaign posters were defaced by Nazi symbols.

Vandals drew swastikas and a Hitler moustache on images of the Liberal member for Berowra in Sydney’s north.

Mr Leeser said one of his supporters had spotted the defaced posters near Normanhurst train station on Thursday afternoon, the eve of Passover, one of the Jewish religion’s most important festivals.

He believes the antisemitic attack was “designed to send a message” to him as a prominent member of the Jewish ­community.

“Two had swastikas on them with Adolf Hitler moustaches and another two had ETU (Electrical Trades Union) stickers on them,” Mr Leeser told The Saturday Telegraph. “I’m sad and upset about it. This is not the Berowra I know. I think it’s quite un-Australian, it’s disgraceful and it’s particularly distressing on the eve of Passover.”