Jewish cemetery vandalized in Russian city of Smolensk

Jewish Telegraphic Agency | May 5, 1997 | Copyright

Jewish Telegraphic Agency
05-05-1997
Jewish cemetery vandalized in Russian city of Smolensk

By Lev Krichevsky

MOSCOW, May 4 (JTA) -- Vandals destroyed 52 headstones last week at a Jewish cemetery in Smolensk, a city of 280,000 in western Russia.

The desecrated headstones were turned over and broken. Dozens of metal name-plates were ripped off the stones.

Leaders of the 5,000-strong Jewish community of Smolensk called on local authorities to condemn the act of vandalism, which occurred on the day of Russian Orthodox Easter.

Viktor Vaksman, the head of the Smolensk Jewish community, said in a ...

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