Veterans Affairs department to replace tombstones that have swastikas
While noting that it was not legally permitted to unilaterally remove or alter the headstones under the National Historic Preservation Act, the department said it would nonetheless
GRAVES DESECRATED by vandals with Nazi swastikas and antisemitic slogans are seen in the Jewish cemetery of Weyhers, near the western German town of Ebersburg in 2005(photo credit: FABRIZIO BENSCH / REUTERS)ByBEN HARRIS/JTA