One of the many synagogues being burned during Kristallnacht, The Night of Broken Glass. Over the span of two days, over 250 synagogues were desecrated as a punishment for the "crime" of being Jews.
(Yad Vashem) Jewish cemeteries destroyed by the Nazis in Berlin, Germany. This desecration of Jewish cemeteries instilled fear in Jews throughout Europe.
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Vandals strike at Tacony synagogue in Philadelphia as a hate crime against the Jews. This was not the first time this had occurred at this synagogue.
(ABC 6) Gravestones were desecrated at Mount Carmel Cemetery in Philadelphia which is similar to what occurred in Berlin during the Nazi occupation. This reflects on the past and shows how anti-semitism is still a very powerful force in America.
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