Thugs Vandalize Jewish Cemetery in Greece; Police Arrest Three Young Men as Suspects

A Jewish cemetery in Greece was vandalized last week, according to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA) website.

Vandals used rags and gasoline to set fire to a tomb in the Jewish cemetery of Thessaloniki in northern Greece on May 13, 2010.

Swastikas and anti-Semitic graffiti reading "Fire to the Jews" and "Juden raus" (Jews out) appeared on a number of tombstones, in the alleys and on the surrounding wall of the cemetery.

Following a phone call to police by an area resident, three young men were arrested as suspects.

The Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece sent letters condemning the attack to two government ministers, and issued a news release expressing Greek Jewry's outrage at the attack.