Broken Jewish tombstones used to pave Czech square made into memorial

Monument commemorates desecration of Jewish cemeteries under former communist regime

The desecration of Jewish cemeteries under the communist regime of the former Czechoslovakia has been given official recognition with a new memorial fashioned from headstones that were carved up and used for paving stones in Prague.

The Return of the Stones monument, consisting of 7 tonnes of broken tombstones, was unveiled on Wednesday in the Czech capital's old Jewish cemetery, which itself was partly desecrated to make a public park before becoming the site of the city's soaring television tower.