Nearly 100 Gravestones Defaced with Feces at Potsdam Cemetery

Police investigate vandalism at Neuer Friedhof in Potsdam, with no clear motive or pattern identified.

Unidentified perpetrators defaced 96 gravestones with feces at Neuer Friedhof in Potsdam's Teltower Vorstadt district.
The vandalism was discovered by cemetery staff and reported to the police on Wednesday.
Authorities are investigating the incident as both property damage and a disturbance of the peace of the dead.
Police have found no evidence of a targeted pattern or political motive behind the act.
This is the latest in a series of cemetery vandalism incidents in Potsdam, including similar cases in 2023 and 2024.