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Prague’s Jews build monument out of headstones plundered under communism

Locals, their Nazi occupiers and their communist rulers have desecrated Jewish burial sites for building material during and after the Holocaust.

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A view of the town hall and market square of Leżajsk, Poland in 2010. (Wikimedia Commons/Krzysztof Dudzik)

Dozens of Jewish headstones discovered under Polish town’s market square

Leżajsk, located about 120 miles south of Warsaw, was 90% Jewish before the Holocaust.

Visitors touring the Jewish cemetery of Bitola, Macedonia in 2018. (Wikimedia Commons/Yael Unna)

In North Macedonia, unearthed headstones shed new light on community the Nazis destroyed

The tragic fate of the obscure Jewish population of Bitola is receiving belated recognition.

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Headstones smashed at Jewish cemetery in South Africa

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Homemade bomb found affixed to headstone in NJ Jewish cemetery

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Headstones toppled at NJ Jewish cemetery

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Over 30 headstones toppled at Jewish cemetery in Manchester, England

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Researchers find Jewish headstones at the Nazi killing site of Babi Yar

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Three teens identified in Boston-area Jewish cemetery vandalism

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Gravestones toppled at a second Philadelphia Jewish cemetery

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