I READ with dismay that some mindless idiots had stolen the wreaths laid at the war memorial in Barnards Green (Malvern Gazette, November 18).

Such a heartless and despicable act beggars belief.

These people would not have the mental ability to understand that if it were not for the men and women that these wreaths commemorate, they would probably be speaking German now.

However, with regard to their undoubtedly heavy jaws and sloping brows, they would have been eliminated, thus denied the chance to perform such a wicked act.

M H DOWNS, Woodbury Rise, Malvern.