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Vandals spray Nazi symbols on graves at Jewish cemetery in Poland

By The Associated Press

Vandals spray painted swastikas and other Nazi symbols on about 100 gravestones at a large Jewish cemetery in Poland, police said Monday.

Visitors to the cemetery in the southern city of Czestochowa discovered the damage on Sunday and police have not yet found the culprits, said Silesia regional police spokesman Andrzej Gaska.

"This is one of the biggest acts of destruction in years," said Jan Gebert, spokesman for the Jewish community in Warsaw. "In fact, I can't think of any other cases in Europe that have been this big."

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The vandals used black spray paint to tag the gravestones with the letters SS, swastikas, and the slogan Jews Out written in German.

Gaska said police had not observed activity by anti-Semitic groups in the region for some time, and that the incident appeared to be of a hooligan nature.

Czestochowa's Jewish cemetery has about 4,500 graves and is one of the largest Jewish cemeteries in Poland.

This country was home to about 3.5 million Jews - Europe's largest Jewish community - until World War II, when most were killed by Nazi Germany. Today there are an estimated 30,000 Jews in Poland.

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1.	The Poles hate Jews dead or alive.	17:22	\|	MARK	06/08/07

2.	Czestochowa`s Grey Streets	17:24	\|	Ronnie Wolman	06/08/07

3.	Will the gas chambers re-open?	17:25	\|	MARK	06/08/07

4.	Why would any Jew live in Poland?	17:27	\|	MARK	06/08/07

5.	Polish vandals & dead Jews.	17:51	\|	curious	06/08/07

6.	They even hate the dead	18:19	\|	Chick	06/08/07

7.	Ironic	18:41	\|	John Bull	06/08/07

8.	Bring The Dead Jews Home To Israel	18:47	\|	Yosemite	06/08/07

9.	Israel`s weak government & left wing media propagate antisemitism	19:28	\|	Nannette	06/08/07

10.	Shame on Poland For Not Protecting My Dead Relatives	19:48	\|	Tal	06/08/07

11.	Silent Vatican? Does the Vatican want to remain silent again?	19:50	\|	Tal	06/08/07

12.	Jews in Poland?	19:52	\|	jorge grosz	06/08/07

13.	#1,2,4, MARK. You may have confused Poland with some of US?	20:20	\|	zmogus	06/08/07

14.	The Europeans Who Drove Us Out Will Be Driven Out By Moslems	20:30	\|	Efox	06/08/07

15.	possible r.c. sect of .....	20:56	\|	Willow	06/08/07

16.	hypocrisy, hypocrisy, hypocrisy	21:02	\|	KM	06/08/07

17.	The Anti Semitic town of Lodz	21:07	\|	juctice	06/08/07

18.	Similar to what jews do to palestinian graves	21:23	\|	just the facts	06/08/07

19.	E.U. blames Muslims for their Jew Hatred	21:28	\|	MARK	06/08/07

20.	T. Rydzyk have allready ...	21:31	\|	Willow	06/08/07

21.	I wonder what Israeli teenagers	21:46	\|	Daiki Yoshimura	06/08/07

22.	Desecration of Jewish Graves in Poland	22:21	\|	John Taylor	06/08/07

23.	Israeli teenagers	22:38	\|	marbpl	06/08/07

24.	or what chinese would do to japan graves	22:38	\|	ross	06/08/07

25.	It`s amazing...	22:40	\|	John Bull	06/08/07

26.	nothing new from Poland	23:23	\|	Cheryl	06/08/07

27.	#14. Fox. Any solid link between the two phenomena?	23:31	\|	zmogus	06/08/07

28.	#21, Daiki Yoshimura. Alas alas,	23:44	\|	zmogus	06/08/07

29.	#21 Daiki, Why the questions what Israeli teanagers would do..	23:59	\|	Haham me Bat yam	06/08/07

30.	#18	00:29	\|	Jane	07/08/07

31.	#21	00:31	\|	Jane	07/08/07

32.	Zmogus	00:33	\|	Jane	07/08/07

33.	to no 2.	01:21	\|	DANNY UK.	07/08/07

34.	TO NO 6.	01:26	\|	DANNY UK	07/08/07

35.	TO 26 CHERYL.	01:43	\|	DANNY. UK	07/08/07

36.	#31, Jane.	10:21	\|	zmogus	07/08/07

37.	#26, Cheryl. Dream about equating Polish and Palest. "chooligans"	12:53	\|	zmogus	07/08/07

38.	#32, Jane	21:59	\|	zmogus	07/08/07

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