Eighteen tombs in the Jewish cemetery of Basel were desecrated some time during the night of Aug. 2-3.
Jewish community president Jean-Pierre Bloc lodged a criminal complaint with local police, who claimed anyone could easily have crossed into the border town, which flanks France and West Germany.
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