BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS
DATE:
12/02/2008
Holocaust Memorial Desecrated in Western Belarus
Belapan news agency, Minsk, in Russian 1852 11 Feb 08
Holocaust monument has been desecrated in Brest, the Belarusian news agency Belapan reported on 11 February, quoting the chairman of the Brest Jewish community, Barys Kruk. According to Kruk, vandals have burnt the flowers and wreaths that had been laid at the monument.
The news agency quoted Kruk as saying that acts of vandalism have been staged against the monument over the last six years and that a "fascist" group is behind the attacks.
Kruk reported the incident to the Brest authorities, the KGB, the embassy of Israel and the Union of Belarusian Jewish Associations and Communities, the news agency added.
Source:
http://www.cjp.org/page.html?ArticleID=168465
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