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Desecrate Synagogue in Lithuanian Town

July 19, 1929
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The main synagogue of Wilkowischki was desecrated last night by unknown vandals. The Ark of the Holy Scroll was opened and the parchments were torn and mutilated. A young girl, Rachel Stropolski, was found unconscious not far from the synagogue.

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