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Swastikas Re-appear in Brazilian City; Synagogue Walls Smeared

April 8, 1960
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The swastika has appeared again in Belo Horinzonte, in the Province of Minas Gerais, an area, where, according to the head of the federal police here, one of the Latin American headquarters of neo-Nazism exists.

The Hitler symbol of hatred was discovered last night smeared on the walls of the Belo Horizonte synagogue as well as on the roadways of principal street intersections of the city. There are about 300 Jews in Belo Horizonte.

Federal police officials here said last winter, during the height of the wave of anti-Semitic incidents, that neo-Nazi headquarters are maintained both in Belo Horizonte and at Sao Paulo.

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