(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
The Jewish cemetery in Burgstadt, Saxony, was desecrated last night. One hundred graves were trampled and tombstones overthrown.
The police arrested three school boys, aged 11. 9 and 8, who were charged with having committed the act.
Several youths, sons of peasants, were arrested in Harthmut, Saxony, charged with having desecrated the Jewish cemetery in that town in 1922.
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