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NEWS
Large Cemetery Vandalized in Poland
by Yated Ne'eman Staff
Antisemites painted swastikas and other Nazi symbols on over
100 gravestones at one of Poland's largest Jewish cemeteries,
located in the town of Czestochowa. On Sunday 21 Av visitors
came upon the damage and summoned the police, who opened an
investigation. No suspects have been arrested.
Using black spray paint the vandals desecrated grave sites
with swastikas, the letters SS, and the words "Jews Out" in
German.
A police spokeswoman says there has been no known antisemitic
activity by any group in the area recently and that the
incident appears to have been perpetrated by hooligans.
The cemetery in Czestochowa, which was home to 40,000 Jews
before the Holocaust, has 4,500 graves.
In recent months similar incidents of antisemitism have been
reported in Western Europe.
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