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Thirteen gravestones were vandalized with swastikas paintings at the German Hill Road Jewish Cemetery in Baltimore, police said. Antisemitic incidents are on the increase, a report said.
Thirteen gravestones were vandalized with swastikas paintings at the German Hill Road Jewish Cemetery in Baltimore, police said. Antisemitic incidents are on the increase, a report said. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

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