Two synagogues in Germany have been desecrated this week, one in Oldenburg, where a huge inscription has been painted on the front of the synagogue asserting that the “Jewish-Freemasons” are poisoning the peace of the world, and the other at Insterburg, where the windows of the synagogue have been smashed and heavy stones that crashed through have wrecked the Almemor.
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