Vandals in Italy spray-painted swastikas, Stars of David and anti-Semitic slogans on about 15 Jewish-owned shops in Rome in an attack coinciding with ceremonies marking the 55th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. The attack, in a neighborhood that is home to many Jews, took place Thursday night or early Friday.
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