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Nazi Vandals Smash 96 Tombstones in a Jewish Cemetery

July 6, 1934
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Ninety-six tombstones were smashed last night in the Hamburg Jewish cemetery by unknown hooligans. Last week nineteen tombstones in the same cemetery were desecrated. The Hamburg Jewish community has offered a reward for the apprehension of the criminals.

At the same time fifty-four headstones in the Jewish cemetery at Paderborn were destroyed by vandals. The Nazi mayor of Paderborn characterized the affair as “a shocking crime.”

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