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        1/6/2008, Tevet 28, 5768

      Graves Desecrated in Vienna


      Over 101 graves were desecrated, including 25 Jewish graves, in a vandalism spree conducted Thursday night in Vienna.

      Austrian authrorities say they are searching for the vandals who destroyed the graves at Vienna's main cemetery.  According to police, tombstones were toppled, ironwork was bent, and lanterns were destroyed.

      In October, 64 tombstones were destroyed in the Jewish cemetery of Siberia; Nazi slogans and swastikas were painted on 100 headstones in a Jewish cemetery in southern Poland in August.