Damage to tombstones at the Jewish cemetery and the memorial to Jewish victims of the concentration camp in Trutnov

Source: ictrutnov.cz

From damaging tombstones to violence against persons

Part of the skinhead subculture in the Czech Republic came under the ideological influence of neo-Nazism, although sometimes perceived in a relatively primitive way. However, it included strong anti-Semitism, which was also amplified by listening to White Power Music songs or reading neo-Nazi zines. In smaller towns, young neo-Nazis tried to find suitable targets for their attacks, and in the case of this attack in Trutnov, it was the local Jewish cemetery and memorial. On the graves were inscriptions such as “Juden Raus” or images of gallows with a Jewish star. Three juvenile offenders were sentenced to several months in a juvenile correctional facility, the fourth (21-year-old at the time of the act) to prison. One of the juvenile perpetrators later became a regional leader of a regionally based neo-Nazi movement and committed violent extremist-motivated criminal activity.