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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 589

Jewish cemetery vandalism

Illustrative: Vandalized headstones at the ancient Jewish cemetery of Námestovo, Slovakia, in December 2019. (Courtesy of ZCN via JTA)
November 24, 2023, 4:25 am
Authorities launch probe after at least 85 Jewish graves damaged in Belgian cemetery
Gravedigger in city of Charleroi discovers damage to Jewish section of cemetery; mayor: ‘Place chosen, theft of many Stars of David leave little doubt of antisemitic intentions’
By AFP and ToI Staff
Some of the vandalized graves at the Tablada Jewish cemetery near Buenos Aires. (Courtesy of AMIA via JTA)
September 20, 2021, 11:49 pm
Thieves caught trying to steal 200 headstones at Argentine Jewish cemetery
Local Jewish leaders fume after third such robbery, vandalism in past month; police apprehend one of suspects while two others manage to flee
By JTA
Police set up a camera rig at Beth El Synagogue in St. Louis Park, Minnesota on September 10, 2021. (Lonny Goldsmith/TC Jewfolk via JTA)
September 14, 2021, 5:27 am
Synagogue threat, cemetery vandalism shake Minnesota Jewish community
Beth El in St. Louis Park moves Shabbat services online after being notified of violent threat it received via ADL online incidence-report system; 32 headstones knocked down nearby
By Lonny Goldsmith and Lev Gringauz
The Jewish cemetery of La Tablada in Buenos Aires, Argentina, pictured in 2013. (Wikimedia Commons/Dario Alpern)
September 9, 2021, 10:06 pm
More than 100 headstones smashed at Jewish cemetery in Argentina
Graves vandalized in section containing remains of dozens of victims from 1994 terrorist bombing at AMIA Jewish community center in Buenos Aires
By Cnaan Liphshiz
The aftermath of vandalism at the Jewish cemetery of Bielsko-Biała, Poland, June, 26, 2021. (Jewish Community of Bielsko-Biała via JTA)
June 28, 2021, 8:49 pm
67 headstones damaged at Jewish cemetery in Poland
Desecration of graves at Bielsko-Biala is the third incident of its kind since 2015; police investigating
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Toppled and smashed headstones lie scattered at the Jewish Cemetery of Wroclaw, Poland, June 16, 2021. (The Jewish Community of Wroclaw via JTA)
June 23, 2021, 3:02 am
Polish children destroy dozens of Jewish headstones while trying to build a fort
68 graves damaged in graveyard in Wroclaw; incident of Jewish cemetery vandalism also reported in France
By Cnaan Liphshiz
The aftermath of vandalism at the Jewish cemetery of Ploesti, Romania, June 2021. (MCA Romania via JTA)
June 7, 2021, 8:52 pm
Headstones smashed at Jewish cemeteries in Ukraine and Romania
Groups report separate incidents in Radvanka and Ploesti, with no suspects identified in either case
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Matyas Kiraly kneels next to some of the oldest gravestones, dating back to 1750, in the ancient Jewish cemetery in Nagyteteny, May 11, 2021. (Yaakov Schwartz/ Times of Israel)
May 29, 2021, 9:45 am
With popular Instagram account, Europe’s abandoned Jewish sites aren’t forgotten
Budapest-based Matyas Kiraly has amassed 14k followers in his travels to over 100 ruined cemeteries and synagogues, which he documents in an homage to a once-flourishing community
By Yaakov Schwartz
A swastika carved into a headstone at the Jewish cemetery of Haren, Germany in November 2020. (Courtesy of the Jewish Community of Haren/Eli Nahum/Monitoring Antisemitism Worldwide via JTA)
November 19, 2020, 9:35 am
Swastikas carved into Jewish headstones, memorials daubed with paint in Germany
Cemetery vandalism found in Haren being treated as anti-Semitic hate crime by police; Stolperstein ‘stumbling stone’ plaques for Holocaust victims defaced in Chemnitz, Eilenburg
By Cnaan Liphshiz
The aftermath of vandalism at a Jewish cemetery in Chisinau, Moldova on Oct. 31, 2020. (Courtesy of the Jewish Community of Moldova via JTA)
November 3, 2020, 6:22 pm
Headstones smashed at Jewish cemeteries in Moldova, Hungary
Swastikas, pentagram and ‘666’ spray-painted on tombstones at graveyard in Moldovan capital of Chisinau, which has been vandalized 3 years in a row
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Illustrative: The aftermath of vandalism at the Oudtshoorn Jewish cemetery in South Africa. (Cape SAJB via JTA)
August 22, 2020, 6:12 am
More than 30 headstones damaged at South African Jewish cemetery
Vandalism at the Oudtshoorn graveyard is the 1st incident of its kind in the area, community leader says
By Cnaan Liphshiz
A picture taken on January 7, 2020, shows a general view of the Jewish cemetery of Bayonne, southwestern France, where a dozen graves were desecrated a few days prior. (GAIZKA IROZ / AFP)
January 7, 2020, 6:48 pm
Jewish cemetery desecrated in southwest France
Head of local Jewish community discovers vandalism of a dozen graves while visiting the burial place of her grandparents
By AFP
Illustrative: A police van in Munich, Germany on July 11, 2019. (Lino Mirgeler/dpa via AP)
December 31, 2019, 4:42 am
Two arrested in Germany over vandalism to Jewish cemetery
Pair suspected of knocking over tombstones and spray painting them in western town of Geilenkirchen
By AFP
Illustrative: Vandalized headstones at the ancient Jewish cemetery of Námestovo, Slovakia, in December 2019. (Courtesy of ZCN via JTA)
December 26, 2019, 7:45 pm
Headstones found vandalized at second Jewish cemetery in Slovakia
WJC says 22 gravestones in Rajec apparently damaged in mid-December; not known whether incident related to earlier case where tombstones knocked down and set on fire
By Marcy Oster
Volunteer "memory watcher" Lionel Godmet patrols in the Jewish cemetery in Jungholtz, eastern France, on December 10, 2019. (SEBASTIEN BOZON/AFP)
December 18, 2019, 3:49 am
‘Guardians of memory’ keep watch over France’s Jewish cemeteries after attacks
After spate of vandalism shocked the nation, civic-minded non-Jewish volunteers take to patrolling cemeteries, call to ‘Leave the dead in peace!’
By Beatrice ROMAN-AMAT
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