Wave of Racist Abuse in Siemianowice Śląskie

Local neo-Nazis harassed Roma residents with physical assaults, vandalism, and graffiti reading “Gypsies to the furnace.” The violence included the beating of a 9-year-old boy, reflecting the resurgence of extremist ideology in small-town Poland.

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