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Vandal attack backfires here

  • Date: June 4, 1987
  • Source: Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, June 4, 1987, Sec. 1, p. 1
  • Author: Gordon, Andrea
  • Summary: According to Skokie Mayor Albert Smith, cleanup of a monument to commemorate Holocaust victims may begin today. The monument was desecrated with swastikas on June 1, twelve hours after it was unveiled.
  • Memorials, tributes, and remembrances
    Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
    Crime and criminals - Vandalism
    Art
    Holocaust Memorial Monument