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2019
Slovakia
Antisemitism

Rajec Jewish Cemetery Desecration 

In 2019, unknown perpetrators desecrated the Jewish cemetery in Rajec, damaging historic gravestones in mid‑December and prompting public condemnation from state officials and Jewish representatives. Media reports highlighted that the cemetery contains gravestones from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, underlining the assault on Jewish heritage as well as on the dignity of the dead.

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