News

Vandalism
Is Investigated

London (JTA) — London
police are investigating two
anti-Semitic acts of van-
dalism that have taken place
within a month at an East
London Jewish cemetery.
In the latest incident, van-
dals broke into the East
Ham cemetery and spray-
painted Nazi slogans on its
inside walls and a swastika
and anti-Semitic obscenities
on three graves of Jews who
died in World War II.
"Nazis rule" and "Hitler 6
million, Jews 1" were
painted in 2-foot-high green
letters on the walls near the
sanctuary.
Green spray paint was also
used to deface the graves.
Police are calling for the
witness who reported the
latest attack to contact the
precinct. The vandalism is
being investigated by a spe-
cial unit for organized racial
incidents.
Jonathan Lew, chief ex-
ecutive of the United Syn-
agogue, the Orthodox Jew-
ish umbrella body which
owns the cemetery, de-
scribed the attack as a
copycat of last month's
desecration.
He said United Synagogue
has to decide on an effective
security system for its
cemeteries.
"It is a matter of extreme
regret that vandals and
hooligans desecrate places of
rest, especially where there
are war graves," he said.
Mike Whine, director of
security for the British
Board of Deputies, the
secular umbrella body of
Jews, said: "We have
discussed security with all
the Jewish burial societies,
but it is their responsibility
to implement whatever they
feel is necessary."
The East Ham Jewish
cemetery is walled in on
three sides, with the fourth
backing onto private
gardens. The offensive graf-
fiti has since been removed.
Det. Sgt. Fraser Neilson of
the police told the Chronicle
that such attacks were
difficult to guard against but
acknowledged that they are
distressing to relatives of the
deceased.
Last month, vandals
desecrated five graves at the
cemetery, including those of
three men who died while
serving in the armed forces
during World War II. No
perpetrator was found.
A police spokesman said
he did not think it was the
work of an organized neo-
Nazi group. ❑

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