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2003
Slovakia
Antisemitism

Desecration of the Jewish Cemetery in Bánovce nad Bebravou 

In January 2003, the Jewish cemetery in Bánovce nad Bebravou was repeatedly desecrated, with gravestones destroyed and Nazi symbols drawn. Police confirmed racist motivation and links to extremist ideology, making it one of the clearest documented antisemitic attacks of the period.

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