The Simon Wiesenthal Center criticized the Greek media for fostering anti-Semitic attacks. In a written statement, the Paris-based branch of the Wiesenthal Center said the Sabbath desecration this month of a synagogue of Auschwitz survivors in Ioannina that left swastikas, Greek crosses and
– Semitic graffiti followed similar attacks on Holocaust memorials at Thessaloniki and Molos.
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