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Strasbourg (France): It is with a heavy heart that Bruno Pisano conducts his morning tour of Strasbourg's central military cemetery. Twice in the past four months he has found the white tombstones soiled with Nazi graffiti. The first time, boot prints were still visible on the broken graves. The second time, swastikas had been painted on three rows of Muslim tombstones, and neo-Nazi slogans scribbled on the walls. "I felt revolted when I saw what had been done," said Mr. Pisano, who has worked as cemetery guardian for four years. "These were the graves of Frenchmen who gave their lives for France in the Second World War — that is why it is so offensive. I do not think we have seen the last of this." Since April, the French region of Alsace, which borders Germany, has seen about 16 similar desecrations and more than 300 tombs have been defaced. Catholic, Muslim and Jewish graveyards have been hit in rotation, with satanic symbols and Nazi slogans scrawled on the stones. Locals are becoming weary of the vehement political denunciations and televised atonement ceremonies in the graveyards after each incident. Despite the frequency of the attacks, police have made little progress in identifying the culprits. Last week vandals struck again in a small graveyard in Wattwiller. - Guardian Newspapers Limited 2004
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