Jews here last night stoned the business premises of Herbert Cukurs, said to have been responsible for the slaughter of 200,000 Jews while head of the Nazi Gestapo in Lithuania, Reuters reported.
The attack, at the Rodrigo de Freitas Lake, followed a meeting to protest against the government’s refusal to expel Cukurs from the country. Police arrested three Jews alleged to have been involved in the stone-throwing demonstration, the report said.
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