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Jewish kindergarten attacked in Berlin

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Published: Feb. 28, 2007 at 8:03 AM
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BERLIN, Feb. 28 (UPI) -- Berlin's Jewish community has asked Germans to join them in prayer after unknown assailants vandalized a Jewish kindergarten in the German capital.

The move comes after unidentified individuals over the weekend sprayed swastikas and Nazi slogans on the walls of the Gan-Israel school in Berlin's Charlottenburg district, and threw a smoke bomb into the building.

So far, police have no leads. According to the Tagesspiegel newspaper, not a single tip has been given by the public, despite a public call for witnesses to come forward.

The ceremony for "tolerance and solidarity" will be held Thursday in Berlin and will attract main figures from the Jewish community.

Gideon Joffe, the head of the Jewish community in Berlin, said the attack was a sign of growing anti-Semitism in Germany. Less and less members of his community were willing to openly live out their religion out of fear of discrimination, he said.

German politicians have harshly condemned the attack, and several Berlin politicians are expected to join the ceremony.

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