For the third time this year, vandals have desecrated Jewish
gravestones in the Dmitrovo-Cherkasskoe cemetery in the Tver region,
according to a September 24, 2009 report by the news web site
Gazeta.ru. This time almost 60 gravestones were damaged, compared to
21 in April, and 60 in July. The mayor of Tver admitted that the
police have no suspects and that "impunity in many ways inspires new
acts of vandalism." It is unclear from the report if police are
investigating the incident as a hate crime.
UCSJ NOTE: The words painted on the gravestones in these photos are
the Russian for "evil."