Slovakia

Young boys identified as the vandals of Jewish cemetery in Slovakia

Police said the damaging of 20 headstones was not due to hate or religious intolerance and halted criminal proceedings.

By Marcy Oster January 21, 2020 1:32 pm

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The aftermath of vandalism at the ancient Jewish cemetery of Námestovo, Slovakia in December 2019. (Courtesy of ZCN)

Headstones discovered vandalized at second Jewish cemetery in Slovakia

Anti-Semitic incidents of this nature are extremely rare in Slovakia, according to the World Jewish Congress.

December 26, 2019 9:52 am

The aftermath of vandalism at the ancient Jewish cemetery of Námestovo, Slovakia in December 2019. (Courtesy of ZCN)

59 headstones smashed at Jewish cemetery in Slovakia

No anti-Semitic or neo-Nazi inscriptions were found at the 18th-century Jewish cemetery of Námestovo.

December 17, 2019 4:35 pm

Synagogues become nightclubs in Eastern Europe

By Cnaan Liphshiz June 1, 2018 2:19 pm

Slovak lawmaker probed for opposing national honors for Jews

January 16, 2017 3:13 pm

Senior Latvian lawmaker says ‘smart’ Jews working to undermine country

March 18, 2016 2:42 pm

Neo-Nazi party wins seats in Slovakia parliament for first time

March 6, 2016 5:02 pm

Acts of vandalism committed against Jewish sites in central Europe

June 19, 2014 4:51 pm

Hungary slammed for not extraditing alleged Nazi war criminal Csatary

June 20, 2013 6:18 am

Witness found in trial of Hungarian war criminal Csatary

By Cnaan Liphshiz January 10, 2013 11:53 am

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