Jewish cemetery desecrated in St. Petersburg

More than 40 tombstones at the Jewish Preobrazhenskoe cemetery in St. Petersburg were desecrated on December 16, 2004 with swastikas and offensive inscriptions ( "Kill the Jew", "All Jews - to the gas chamber", "SS", "88" ). This is not the first case of vandalism at a Jewish cemetery. Last fall, skinheads knocked down several tombstones and painted gravestones.

Jewish religious organizations issued a statement regarding the pogrom, in which they called on law enforcement agencies to take measures to identify the vandals and punish them to the fullest extent of the law.

Sources

• Vandals desecrated a Jewish cemetery in St. Petersburg // Rosbalt.ru. 2004. December 17.
• Jewish religious organizations issued a statement regarding the pogrom at the Jewish cemetery in St. Petersburg // Religion in secular society. 2004. December 22.
• St. Petersburg Nazis are fighting with graves // Leningradskaya Pravda. 2004. December 21.