Another Jewish Cemetery Desecrated in Westphalia (Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
An attempt to storm the synagogue in Gemuenden was made by a horde of Hitlerites following a mass meeting held by them in that city.
Leaders of the local Jewish community persuaded the district authorities to provide police protection and to ward off the attack.
Another case of Jewish cemetery desecration occurred in Luedinghausen, Westphalia, last night. Thirteen tombstones were destroyed. The police have started an investigation.” The police have started an investigation.” This is the sixtieth desecration of a Jewish cemetery in Germany since 1923.
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