The new synagogue in Dusseldorf and the monument in front of it commemorating the Jewish victims of Nazism were desecrated here today when unknown hoodlums daubed Nazi swastikas over three entrances to the building and on the base of the monument.
The hoodlums, apparently of artistic temperament, used five colors in their vandalism. None have been apprehended, though police searched the homes of a number of suspects.
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