Another in a series of Jewish cemetery desecrations in West Germany was reported today from Osnabruck. Police said 60 tombstones were demolished in the Osnabruck Jewish cemetery and in a Christian cemetery in the immediate neighborhood. The vandals have not been found.
Other desecrations of Jewish cemeteries in West Germany during the past nine days were reported today at Hechingen, near Stuttgart, and Ottweiler, in the Saar. Vandals toppled 45 tombstones in the Hechingen cemetery. In Ottweiler, 28 tombstones were uprooted. Ottweiler blamed children or young people for the vandalism.
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